A crucial factor in Google search results, the spokesman explained, is the number of links from respected and substantial Web sites. The more links that a site has from big and well-regarded sites, the better its chances of turning up high in a search.
Web advocacy sites like Get Satisfaction are vast and score high on Google’s augustness scale. The spokesman surfed the Web as he spoke and said he could see scads of links between RipoffReport.com and Dec*rMyEyes. But nearly all of those links, as well as those from other consumer sites, were tales of woe and obscenities.
So, again: Can’t Google separate catcalls from huzzahs?
Bad Publicity Is a Good Thing - NYTimes.com
As the saying goes, caveat emptor. But it irks me to no end to see this (truly amazing and despicable) method of gaming the Search Engines benefit such a slimeball.
Note to self, when buying from an unknown webstore, do a little background check first.
Source: The New York Times
As much as I like Google (I use: search, gmail, picasa, youtube, voice, calendar, docs, maps, groups and reader), I have to admit that this give me pause.
Trouble is, they all (MS, Apple, Amazon, etc.) want to own you…
"groovy" Google Images
Turns out that you need 30 o’s in groovy before you have the Google Image search results page to yourself.
There’s plenty of room on the page with only 25 o’s though.
Source: images.google.com
Normally I only get this excited when Apple releases a major upgrade to OSX. (here kitty kitty)
But watching the Wave keynote at I/O has me ready to lose my Mail client today.
Source: wave.google.com
Like I said yesterday about Google Voice… Google is well poised to control the world (or at least its flow of data).
When Google Goes Down, It Falls Hard | Epicenter | Wired.com
Source: Wired
Google Voice - One phone number, online voicemail, and enhanced call features
damn. google’s either going to control the world, or be the second biggest tech flameout in history (Microsoft being the first of course).
Source: google.com
