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Webmasters Hope This Google Test Doesn’t Become A Reality… “… it completely removes URLs from search results pages (apparently unless there is authorship involved). “… it completely removes URLs from search results pages (apparently unless there is authorship involved…). ‘ | WebProNews
Note: We’ve updated this article after people have had time to react to the test.
Google tests different things with its search interface all the time. Sometimes we cover the tests, and sometimes we don’t. Frankly there are just too many to keep track of. Matt Cutts has said that Google runs 20,000 search experiments a year.
This one is kind of interesting though, as it completely removes URLs from search results pages (apparently unless there is authorship involved). Tecno-Net tipped Search Engine Roundtable with a couple screen caps.
Google Has People Scared To Link To Their Own Content | WebProNews
Send to KindleSome webmasters are afraid to link to their own content, for fear of Google penalizing them. This isn’t exactly new, but the point is being emphasized lately ironically by Google itself.
Has Google ever worried you about your own linking practices? Let us know in the comments.This past week, Google Google’s Matt Cutts addressed the following question in a Webmaster Help video:Suppose I have a site that covers fishing overall A & I make another fishing site that solely focuses on lure fishing B. Does linking to A from B violate guidelines?
U.S. Companies Purchased 900 Million Rounds of Ammo from Russia….. | EUTimes.net
The outlandish purchase of billions of rounds of ammunition by the federal government has created a serious shortage in the United States. In response, according to a Russian website Lenta.ru, suppliers in the United States are turning to Russia to fill the gap.
From Lenta.ru translated by Google on Friday:U.S. private companies purchased from Russian producers 900 million rounds of ammunition for rifles and pistols. This is with reference to sources in the military-industrial circles reported April 26 the newspaper “Izvestia”.
The subject of the contract with the Russian factories, steel machine-gun cartridges of 7.62 x 39 millimeters and a pistol – caliber 9×19 mm. It is reported that customers were five U.S. companies, including Intrac Arms International LLC and Wolf Perfomance Ammunition.Negotiations on the supply began in 2011 with the participation of “Rosoboronexport”.
Google report highest ever government censorship requests
Google report highest ever government censorship requests
Euronews ^ | 4/26/2013Posted on Friday, April 26, 2013 6:55:05 AM by markomalley
Google’s latest data shows the number of requests from governments to remove content from its services is higher than ever before.
What happens to your data after you die? Google wants to help…
What happens to your data after you die?
Google wants to help
myfoxal ^ | April 13, 2013Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2013 7:31:40 AM by JoeProBono
In the digital age, settling your estate is not the only thing many need to think about.A new Google tool gives users the power to decide what happens to their digital assets, including email, photos and data, should they pass away.
The Inactive Account Manager allows users to enable Google to delete their data or pass the info along to a trusted loved one after a certain period of inactivity – three, six, nine or 12 months.
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About Google Doodles (How to contact them with opinions/ideas)
About Google Doodles (How to contact them with opinions/ideas)
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Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:30:26 AM by smoothsailing
About Google Doodles
Doodles are the fun, surprising, and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists.
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Who chooses what doodles will be created and how do you decide which events will receive doodles?
A group of Googlers get together regularly to brainstorm and decide which events will be celebrated with a doodle. The ideas for the doodles come from numerous sources including Googlers and Google users. The doodle selection process aims to celebrate interesting events and anniversaries that reflect Google’s personality and love for innovation.
How can Google users/the public submit ideas for doodles?
The doodle team is always excited to hear ideas from users – they can email
Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
MIT Technology Review ^ | March 12, 2013 | By Tom Simonite
Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 4:24:54 PM by Red Badger
The world’s largest search engine is now experimenting with jewelry that would eliminate the need to remember dozens of passwords.
As part of research into doing away with typed passwords, Google has built rings that not only adorn a finger but also can be used to log in to a computer or online account.
FBI ‘secretly spying’ on Google users, company reveals
FBI ‘secretly spying‘ on Google users, company reveals
FoxNews.com ^ | March 6, 2013 | FoxNews.com
Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2013 6:38:57 AM by Timber Rattler
The FBI used National Security Letters — a form of surveillance that privacy watchdogs call “frightening and invasive” — to surreptitiously seek information on Google users, the web giant has just revealed.
Google’s disclosure is “an unprecedented win for transparency,” privacy experts said Wednesday. But it’s just one small step forward.
13,753 Gov’t Requests for Google E-Mail Data in 2012, Most Without a Warrant
13,753 Gov’t Requests for Google E-Mail Data in 2012, Most Without a Warrant
Cybercast News Service ^ | February 22, 2013 | Matt Cover
Posted on Friday, February 22, 2013 4:05:01 PM by Olog-hai
American government agencies—state, local, and federal—made a record 13,753 requests to read emails or gather other information sent through Google’s Gmail and other services in 2012, more than half without warrants, according to statistics released by Google.
The total number of users about whom government agencies wanted information also set a record at 31,072, up from 23,300 in 2011, the first year Google began reporting the data. The discrepancy comes because government agencies request information on multiple users or accounts at the same time. …
Are Conspiracy Theories a Bad Thing? by CoachDaveTV- NewsWithViews.TV ~ NewsWithViews.TV – YouTube
Google: The Democrat’s Private Intelligence Agency
Last week, Neil Stevens raised the alarm about Google selling out conservatives on policy issues. He’s right, but a number of conservatives and Republicans think there is an even bigger problem for GOP.
Remember that enormous, sophisticated data operation the Obama campaign had? The one that gave them massive daily data on public opinion trends in almost every segment of potential voters.
It’s almost as if Democrats had access to some sort of huge database of real time information about what the public was reading or writing online. The kind of breathtakingly large, real-time data that could be used for real-time trend analysis, predictive modeling and even behavioral manipulation.
Google News Search: “National Guard” Deploy Afghanistan…
So are we ending the war in Afghanistan? Is that why National Guard troops from all over the country are heading there?
Fasten Your Seatbelts: Google’s Driverless Car Is Worth Trillions
Much of the reporting about Google’s driverless car has mistakenly focused on its science-fiction feel. In fact, the driverless car has broad implications for society, for the economy and for individual businesses.
Just in the U.S., the car puts up for grab some $2 trillion a year in revenue and even more market cap. It creates business opportunities that dwarf Google’s current search-based business and unleashes existential challenges to market leaders across numerous industries, including car makers, auto insurers, energy companies and others that share in car-related revenue.
We’re trying to stop the UN from regulating the Internet, Ambassador Kramer says
We’re trying to stop the UN from regulating the Internet, Ambassador Kramer says
Fox News ^ | December 03, 2012 | Maxim Lott
Posted on Monday, December 03, 2012 10:41:24 PM by Ron C.
A U.N. conference that kicked off today in Dubai has sparked fear of Internet censorship in the U.S. — something U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer said he is doing everything in his power to prevent.
“Nothing regarding the Internet do we want subject to U.N. review and regulation,” Kramer told FoxNews.com.
Monday marked the first day of an 11-day conference. Kramer, who leads the U.S. delegation at the conference, said that the first day had “gone well” and so far delegates are “still in the early stage, talking about what should be reviewed when.” No specific regulations have been debated yet.
What the Petraeus Investigation Tells Us About Online Surveillance
With regards to the David Petraeus scandal, as you dig through the very human details of a powerful man’s dalliance with an attractive woman, an important question should occur to anybody with more than a National Enquirer-level interest in the matter: Wait … The FBI did all of this digging over some bed-hopping? Yes. Yes, it did. And over at The Guardian, Glenn Greenwaldwants to know why more people aren’t concerned.
Eliminate the TSA… (“I’m reading the Constitution and I do not see a “Grope or Scan” clause. The TSA is unconstitutional. Let’s eliminate the TSA.”)
I’m reading the Constitution and I do not see a “Grope or Scan” clause. The TSA is unconstitutional. Let’s eliminate the TSA.
If you read my columns regularly, you know that I consider the TSA to be a carcinogenic petting zoo. I nearly always opt out. I object to the scanners on principle of their unconstitutionality. And I am concerned about the possibility of a scanner malfunction (thousands of service calls have been made to the backscatter X-ray machines)—which medical experts warn can result in extremely high radiation exposure.
Last week, I was traveling to New Jersey to speak at Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Summit. I nearly missed my flight. And it was not because I overslept.
Paving The Way for Driverless Cars
California’s proposed bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco—which Gov. Jerry Brown is likely to sign off on soon—has been characterized by the Obama administration and its other supporters as an effective way to reduce highway congestion.
Prison Planet.com » Whistleblower: NSA Analyzing Conversations In Real Time
Spy agency has Google-style capability to search all communications
Paul Joseph Watson
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The National Security Agency is storing all electronic communications and analyzing them in real time, according to former NSA employee turned whistleblower William Binney, who warns that the federal agency has a Google-style capability to search all conversations for keywords.
Whistleblower: NSA Analyzing Conversations In Real Time
Since 2008, the NSA has had the legal power to intercept all phone calls, emails and text messages sent by American citizens without probable cause.
However, although long suspected, the agency has never admitted that it is analyzing the content of such messages, conceding only that persons, dates and locations are part of the snooping process.
Prison Planet.com » Google Shopping Censors All Gun, Ammo & Accessories Results
Google sent out an email to Google Adwords customers saying that they are going to pull all Google Shopping results for guns, ammunition, gun optics and gun accessories (Shopping results, not general search results).
Google Shopping Censors All Gun, Ammo & Accessories Results screen shot 2012 06 28 at 55330 pm tm tfb
HamLund Tactical received this email and posted it on 68forums.com (emphasis added) …
Slow Motion Coup d’ Etat Underway…
As long as things move along smoothly,
it’s not necessary to develop a historical
perspective to survive and thrive.
We are not in normal times.
Google’s self-driving car takes blind man to Taco Bell
Google’s self-driving car takes blind man to Taco Bell
L.A. Times ^ | 03/29/2012 | Salvador Rodriguez
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2012 8:53:42 AM by Silentgypsy
Google’s self-driving car has fascinated our minds with its technological promise since being introduced in 2010. But yesterday, the self-driving car touched our hearts.
Google posted a video of the self-driving car taking a legally blind man for a spin, showing one of the possibilities and benefits that could come from the technology.
Prison Planet.com » Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in censorship by governments
Dominic Rushe
June 18, 2012
There has been an alarming rise in the number of times governments attempted to censor the internet in last six months, according to a report from Google.
Since the search engine last published its bi-annual transparency report, it said it had seen a troubling increase in requests to remove political content. Many of these requests came from western democracies not typically associated with censorship.
Snopes Scrubs Article On Obama’s Mama’s Picture-Porn: Excluded From Wayback Machine (Marcy Moore/s)
Snopes Scrubs Article On Obama’s Mama’s Picture-Porn: Excluded From Wayback Machine (Marcy Moore/s)
BirtherReport.com ^ | June 16, 2012 | Unattributed
Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2012 9:37:09 PM by Seizethecarp
It appears Snopes.com scrubbed their “report” on Obama’s mom posing nude. When Snopes originally published their article they tagged the claim “undetermined” and then sometime later tagged it as “false” claiming the nude woman in the photos was Marcy Moore. Now Snopes pulled the article altogether and had the URL excluded from the Wayback Machine. Wonder why?
U.N. could tax U.S. – based Web sites, leaked docs show
Global Internet tax suggested by European network operators … is proposed for debate at a U.N. agency in December.
Prison Planet.com » Ham-fisted Music Monopoly Trade Association Attacks Internet (Again)
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) CEO Cary Sherman wants big internet service corporations to block content he says is destroying a fossilized music industry.
Ham fisted Music Monopoly Trade Association Attacks Internet (Again) caryshermanRIAA boss Cary Sherman.
Breaking: Ron Paul Site Under Mallware Attack « News Worldwide
Congressman Ron Paul at an event hosted in his honor at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Submitted by Michael Nystrom on Fri, 06/01/2012- 10:34 About the Daily Paul
UPDATE: I’ve made contact with the ad service provider that is supplying the code that Google is flagging as malicious.
They are aware of the problem and are working with Google to solve it. The Daily Paul is not the only site that is being subject to this treatment. Hopefully this will get sorted out soon.





























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