Yahoo! outs spammers

Even though I see some lawsuits coming, I think it´s a great thing for a search engine to provide as much information as possible to the searchers querying the natural results. Google should do the same thing, no matter how much they want to stay neutral in the public eye. The only question that I have would be if Yahoo! would change the note should the Carbon Neutral website owner decide to be an active advertiser in the search marketing program.
Ever since 1999 I have been using Google and am sometimes asking myself what it would take to make me switch and this kind of extra information and warning could definitely do it for me.
I strongly doubt Google ever going for this, but if they did, it would be an asset for sure.
We have all been spammed and frankly, I myself am sick of it and would like to be alerted of sites famous for blasting me with their eco stuff or whatever else you may get spammed with.
Congratulations Yahoo! for taking a strong and unique step in the right direction.

Google Technology to Combat Child Pornography

The San Jose Mercury News did an interesting feature today on some new Google technology that is being used to fight child pornography. The same technology that the company utilizes to block copyrighted videos on YouTube has now been employed to help track down predators online.

This innovative project comes out of the company’s infamous “20% percent time”, which Google encourages its employees to use to work on projects of their own creation and choosing. Four software engineers at Google collaborated to adapt the YouTube software to search for patterns in child pornography found online. Read more

Will Jason Gambert get the trademark for the term “SEO”?

If Jason Gambert gets his trademark application approved, which I highly doubt will happen, the SEO world will definitely be in turmoil.

I cannot imagine that someone can be given that much power in a world where the free market decides.
Just to give you guys an idea of potential consequences, Jason would be able to cease and desist any domain name using the term “SEO”. Read more

Google’s Search Within a Search Has Retailers & Website Owners Upset

A recent addition to Google’s stash of search tools which allows consumers to conduct a search-winthin-a-search for many popular websites has resulted in a mass of angry website owners that would rather Google stay out of their site-search altogether. When you conduct a search on Google for, let’s say, Wal-Mart, you’ll get your standard search results, but below the Walmart.com listing, there’s a new search box that lets you “search walmart.com”. Read more