Archive | June 3rd, 2010
New Google option: look like Bing home page
Google is known for the “clean simple look” of its home page at Google.com. Bing has earned praise for the gorgeous photos changing daily on the Bing home page, stocked by Microsoft’s Corbis imagery.
Now Google has announced that you will be able to clutter up your Google.com page with a photo too.
Continue reading...Personalized search: Searching in a Bubble?
3. June 2010
My Google search results are looking too familiar. Looking for something new on the web for a topic of continuing interest, I enter some familiar terms. The same old sites keep turning up. OK, so Google is returning the most relevant results, based on the Google algorithm. Why do they seem so stale?
Continue reading...Consumer Groups Call on FTC to Investigate Latest Google Ad Company Purchase
3. June 2010
Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy today called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google’s announced plan to buy Invite Media, a display advertising company, for around $70 million, saying the deal raises substantial competitive and privacy concerns.
Continue reading...Critics Call on Feds to Squelch a Google Monopoly
3. June 2010
The concerns set forth by Microsoft, Consumer Watchdog, and other observers go beyond whether Google gives unfair prominence in search rankings to paid advertisers. Critiques range from “A company such a Google could abuse its search dominance” to “Google is already abusing its search dominance” to push its other revenue-generating services — such as maps, video, and shopping searches — at the expense of competitors.
Continue reading...Data Show Google Abuses Search Role, Group Contends
3. June 2010
Consumer Watchdog continues to push its case that Google Inc. is behaving as an illegal monopoly, releasing a report this morning that alleges the company is abusing is dominance in online search to direct users to its own services.
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3. June 2010