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Read The Rest Of This...Yahoo Backing Off of Asian Interests?
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 December 2011 10:15 Written by External Post Thursday, 22 December 2011 10:15
The New York Times offers the most complete coverage of this story. As currently being considered, it would not be an outright sale. The complicated deal would net Yahoo about $17 billion in cash and allow it and its partners to avoid having to pay taxes on it. According to the Times, the terms of the deal involve Alibaba and Softbank (the major stakeholder in Yahoo Japan) setting up new subsidiaries consisting of both cash and operating assets which Yahoo wants to run. Yahoo would swap out most of its stake in Alibaba and all of its stake in Yahoo Japan for these subsidiaries, effectively se…
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Google Admits ‘Organic Results’ Are Filler To Pump Deceptive Ads at Consumers
Last Updated on Monday, 12 December 2011 01:13 Written by a2e Monday, 12 December 2011 01:13
Some of Google’s new search results look quite alarming in terms of every single link above the fold is either a paid ad, or links to yet another Google page wrapped in ads.
I have a huge monitor & it is impossible for me to click *anywhere* above the fold on some search results without going through Google’s toll booth or clicking off to yet another Google ad wrapped page.
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Some people have given Google the benefit of the doubt “well this is just vertical search” and “this is just for the consumer” but we see that in many cases it harms consumers by limiting choice:
Charlie Leocha, the director of the Consumer Travel Alliance, says Google Flight Search is “limiting consumers’ knowledge.” He explains, “this is a situation where Google is trusted as a ‘search engine’ that goes across the whole Web, but it is only going to a small select group of airlines and including them in Flight Search.”
The bottom line?
According to Leocha, “Google and the airlines have a sweetheart deal with each other, and the consumers are getting screwed.”
Those who coddled Google & gave Google the benefit of the doubt now have egg on their face, and the industry as a whole is poorer for their poor judgement & lack of stewardship.
As absurd as the above behavior is, it gets worse. When Google acquired DoubleClick, Larry Page wanted to keep Performics (an SEO/SEM company). But since it would have been a flagrant violation of law for him to run an SEO company, they now decide that nobody should run an SEO company…telling consumers to simply forget about SEO even when they specifically search out information about SEO!
Google recently ran AdWords ads with the following copy when consumers searched Google for SEO information:
“Forget about SEO. To be visible in Google today, try Adwords”
You know Google’s slogan: “maybe the best ads are just answers.” And sometimes they are misdirection or scams that quite literally kill people.
You can’t be 100% certain which is which until long AFTER you click. And by then Google’s cash register has already rang & it is off to dupe the next person.
Comments turned off, as this is a conversation that NEEDS TO SPREAD. If you run a blog about SEO, you owe it to your readers & your industry to cover this topic. If this topic doesn’t get broad coverage then pretty soon your career might be over & you will deserve it too.
Live blog Wednesday: Facebook mobile event
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 12:40 Written by External Post Wednesday, 3 November 2010 12:40
Follow CNET’s live coverage of the event taking place Wednesday morning at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Will we finally see a
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Some Newsrooms Shift Coverage Based on What Is Popular Online
Last Updated on Monday, 6 September 2010 04:20 Written by External Post Monday, 6 September 2010 04:20
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Google I/O Keynote Day 2: Android Day (live blog)
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 May 2010 05:40 Written by External Post Thursday, 20 May 2010 05:40
Any interest in Google’s Android? We’ll provide live coverage below of the second day of Google I/O Thursday morning, bright and early (in California at least) at 8:30 a.m. PDT. The keynote is expected to focus heavily on Google’s smartphone operating
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Google Backs Yahoo In Privacy Fight With DOJ
Last Updated on Friday, 16 April 2010 08:21 Written by External Post Friday, 16 April 2010 08:21
PatPending sends in CNET coverage of Yahoo’s new allies in its fight with the DoJ to protect the privacy of its customers’ email stored in the cloud. Google, the EFF, the CDT, and others have filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the DoJ should
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Right-wing ‘think tanks’ fund news websites
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:40 Written by External Post Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:40
The phenomenon troubles journalists and media watchdogs concerned about political bias and hidden agendas though, as yet, there is no obvious slant in the coverage. But there are fears that these organisations are trying to advance a certain agenda by
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Briefly: get all our games news and info on @gdngames on Twitter
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 04:15 Written by External Post Wednesday, 3 March 2010 04:15
It’s surprising that we haven’t had a dedicated Twitter feed for our games coverage before. Well, now we do Let’s be brief. You’re a busy person. You can’t be checking the @guardiantech Twitter feed all the time to see if there’s a new games review or
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Google Lists $350 Fee for Early Nexus One Returns
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 04:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 13 January 2010 04:00
Nexus One mobile phone users, already outraged about inconsistent 3G coverage and confusing customer service, joined with bloggers today to gripe about a $350 equipment recovery fee Google is imposing on phones that are returned before 120 days and
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