Google Handles Hacked Site Responsibly

Google engineer Matt Cutts wrote an extensive post describing Google’s response to a website that had undoubtedly been hacked. If you are at all curious as to what would happen to your website rankings on Google should it be hacked please read this post –...

Click-Fraudster Case Dropped by Google

Back in March of 2004 we reported on a man arrested for trying to extort Google. Last month, in order to protect its trade secrets Google has dropped its case against Michael Anthony Bradley. Bradley had attempted to extort $150,000 from Google by threatening the...

Ask Goes Local

On Monday Ask launched a local search service that strongly competes with other existing services offered by the big 3. AskCity allows users to search for businesses, events, movies, and maps with directions. This service has integrated a number of those owned by...

GigaOM’s NewTeeVee.com Covers Online Video Explosion

GigaOmniMedia Inc. has launched a new website called NewTeeVee.com that is designed to cover the massive growth of the online video industry. Liz Gannes, the editor of NewTeeVee.com introduces the site in her first post with the following paragraph: “We aim to...

The Top Searches This Year Compliments of Yahoo

Here is a great peek at what the world appears to be searching for: Yahoo!’s top searches of 2006. My favorite listing happens to be the “Top News” where the average searcher’s priorities are inexplicably out of order. For example, the search...