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  • Google washes search results

    12/14/2008 6:11:18 AM PST · by slnk_rules · 98 replies · 4,837+ views
    The Register ^ | 012/14/2008 | andrew orlowski
    Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results. It's a historic statement - and nobody has yet grasped its significance. Not so very long ago, Google disclaimed responsibility for its search results by explaining that these were chosen by a computer algorithm. The disclaimer lives on at Google News, where we are assured that: The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program. A few years ago, Google's apparently unimpeachable objectivity got some people very excited, and technology utopians began to herald Google as...
  • In the Drink ( Google Gets the Gong )

    02/12/2006 9:59:46 PM PST · by george76 · 24 replies · 938+ views
    BARRON ^ | FEBRUARY 13, 2006 | JACQUELINE DOHERTY
    INVESTORS HAVE BEEN FIXATED on Google the past few weeks, as its shares have tumbled nearly 25% from a peak of $475 -- and the fact is, there could be a lot more tumbling ahead. The share price could well be cut in half over the next year as the Internet giant grapples with growing competition from Microsoft and Yahoo!, increased pricing pressures in its online ad sales and mounting concern about what's known as click fraud. Suffice it to say, there are those who disagree... But the list of challenges the company faces is nothing short of mind-googling. As...