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Googlebot found a website that did not have a password protected content management system and managed to "click" on the delete button enough times to remove every page of the website.
You know your security sucks when a automated computer program and destroy your website.
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What do you do if you get an offer of 750 million dollars to buy out your company? Well if you are Facebook you wait for a 2 billion dollar buyout offer.
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By Nathan Enns on Thursday, March 30th, 2006 at 10:21 PM
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It has been needed for a while... but we finally did it! We updated the design of the front page of FyberSearch.
We think it is easier to use and much easier on the eyes. Let us know your opinion at comments@fybersearch.com.
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By Nathan Enns on Thursday, March 30th, 2006 at 6:09 AM
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If you are looking for some anti-Google info to satisfy your anger, stop by these two sites:
www.google-sux.com
www.google-watch.org
Check out this new local search engine from Infospace.
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Yahoo is updating their search index and possibly increasing their crawler activity for a temporary time.
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"Google has pie on its face after staffers accidentally deleted the company's main official blog Monday night and a user unaffiliated with Google temporarily took possession of the Web address.
This is just the latest in a recent string of embarrassing mistakes made by Google employees while handling company data."
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We posted a new article that should appeal to those of you interested in ranking higher in search engine results.
"So you want to start a business, sell a product or have the next big dot Com idea, huh? Well, undoubtedly, you will need a domain. Wouldn't an expired domain name give you a head start? Think about it...the site attached to the domain already has a page rank and backlinks. Maybe the site is listed in Dmoz or several other directories and search engines. By purchasing an expired domain, you wouldn't have to worry about Google's age factor for new sites. It would likely save you a whole lot of time and money, right? Wrong. Like most things in life, nothing is that easy."
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LookSmart will close the Zeal directory at the end of the month. They acquired Zeal in 2000 for 20 million dollars.
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"SIXTY-THREE PERCENT OF CONSUMERS WHO made a purchase after conducting an online search closed the deal at a brick-and-mortar store, according to a report issued Tuesday by comScore Media Metrix."
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Go check out Google Finance, it is actually pretty cool in my opinion.
Google will appear on the S&P 500 starting on March 21st, 2006.
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Google is getting sued for doing something every search engine must do if they care about improving the quality of their search results.
Instead of complaining about being dropped from Google's index like a good webmaster, KinderStart decided to sue Google.
Now if only a bunch of KinderStart's competitors joined the class action suit against Google regarding the same search query. KinderStart could fight allies in the suit for the top ranking in Google while they all fought Google for being dropped. Just wait, the judge will decide which websites are relevant for related search queries and order Google to adjust their rankings accordingly :-)
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Interesting quote....
"I just checked my e-mail and I got a mail from Google this afternoon. Seems they are kinda ticked that I have an MSN Search box on my blogspot page and they are asking that I remove it. They say its a violation of their Terms of Service yet nowhere in their terms of service does it say its not permitted for me to do such. Looks like another thing to handle in the morning."
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By Nathan Enns on Saturday, March 18th, 2006 at 5:57 AM
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"Google will not have to hand over any user's search queries to the government. That's what a federal judge ruled today when he decided to drastically limit a subpoena issued to Google by the Department of Justice."
Continue reading this story.
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By Nathan Enns on Saturday, March 18th, 2006 at 5:57 AM
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"A federal judge on Friday ordered Google Inc to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine, but rebuffed the government's demand for a list of people's search requests — potentially sensitive information that the company had fought to protect."
Continue reading this story.
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By Nathan Enns on Saturday, March 18th, 2006 at 5:56 AM
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"Google has escaped having to hand over billions of URLs and two month’s worth of users’ search queries following a federal judges’ ruling."
Continue reading this story.
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By Nathan Enns on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 at 10:56 PM
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Alexa shows the public all the websites that you own, supposedly.
Check out this thread at WebmasterWorld.
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By Nathan Enns on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 at 6:17 AM
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"SAN JOSE, Calif. - A federal judge said Tuesday he intends to require Google Inc. to turn over some information to the Department of Justice in its quest to revive a law making it harder for children to see online pornography."
Read the full story.
Chances are you will both love AND hate Google after reading the following two articles at Search Engine Watch:
25 Things I Hate About Google
25 Things I Love About Google
Interested in Google's technology? You should go read this article.
Google is having some real issues with click fraud. Here are some interesting and recent stories about Google, click fraud and lawsuits:
Update: Lane's Gifts v. Google
googleblog.blogspot.com
Updated: Google About to Settle Click Fraud Class Action Suit
www.battellemedia.com
Google's $90 Million Click Fraud Settlement
www.searchenginejournal.com
Google Agrees To $90 Million Settlement In Class Action Lawsuit Over Click Fraud
blog.searchenginewatch.com
Google Stumps Up $90 Million To Settle Click Fraud Action
www.threadwatch.org
The DoJ and an English Soccer player both want data from Google.
I wonder who will get to it first?
For any website owners out there it is time for you to go read this article about Google AdWords enabling demographic site targeting at Search Engine Watch.
Would you like to give all of your digital data to Google to store online? What if you thought it would be more secure there then on your home/work computer? Well.... Google may be asking for it some time soon according to this story.
By the way, you are in much more control as to if your data is secure than Google could ever be. One slip on your part and your data security is compromised, even if it is on Google's servers.
If you have any interest in looking up data about websites such as how many emails they send out per month, the downloads they link to, the third party websites they promote and much more you should take a look at Site Advisor.
If you feel so included, give us a good review :-)
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By Nathan Enns on Saturday, March 4th, 2006 at 10:25 AM
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) will get to provide processors to Google. Not only is Google extremely well known, they also have an estimated 200,000 servers and constantly need to buy more.
Congratulations AMD!
Sources: Search Engine Roundtable - latimes.com
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By Nathan Enns on Saturday, March 4th, 2006 at 10:16 AM
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Microsoft wants to own a trademark for the term "relerank" according to this story.
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By Nathan Enns on Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 at 8:39 AM
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Use your mouse to drive a small car around certain streets and view the city as if you were driving on it by visiting preview.local.live.com.
A link to the annoucement.
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By Nathan Enns on Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 at 8:36 AM
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An update to the Department of Justice VS Google battle. It seems the DoJ is not okay with Google’s refusal to follow orders.
The DoJ points out that it doesn't want any personal information about Google’s users, just a random sample of search queries.
I am still trying to figure out why that makes it okay for the DoJ to take Google's private data. Just because it won't identify any of Google's users doesn’t mean it is fair game for the government.
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