googleblog.blogspot.com - 3/11/2009
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Transparency - We already clearly label most of the ads provided by Google on the AdSense partner network and on YouTube. You can click on the labels to get more information about how we serve ads, and the information we use to show you ads. This year we will expand the range of ad formats and ...
googleblog.blogspot.com - 3/12/2009
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googleblog.blogspot.com —
We've just started to release a preview of
Google Voice, an application that helps you better manage...
your voice communications. Google Voice will be available initially to existing users of GrandCentral, a service we acquired in July of 2007. The new ...
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Official Google Blog: Here comes Google Voice
engadget.com - 3/16/2009
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engadget.com —
Thanks to a fortuitous search on Google Ireland,
friendly tipster Niall spotted this rather intriguing sponsored link...
for Dell Adamo . Instead of the vague "Learn More" promised by similar sponsored links in the States, the ad on Google Ireland ...
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Dell Adamo arrives tomorrow? Google seems to think so
twine.com - 3/9/2009
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twine.com —
(Updated March 9, 2009. Notes: I will be
updating this article, here, on an ongoing basis as...
I learn more from Wolfram and commenters below -- For follow-up, connect with me about this on Twitter here ) Stephen Wolfram is building something new -- and ...
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Wolfram Alpha is Coming -- and It Could be as Important ...
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Google's new behavioral ads already raising privacy worries
Ars Technica —
... a beta test of the interest-based system today on its partner sites and YouTube, eventually allowing other advertisers to join the program in April. Advertisers have long been asking for a way to behaviorally target ads, the company said, but Google also says that it will benefit end-users by showing them ads they're genuinely interested in. "We believe there is real value to seeing ads about the things that interest you," Google's VP of Product Management Susan Wojcicki wrote on the Official Google Blog. ...
Google's Behavioral Ad Targeting: How to Reclaim Control
Today @ PC World —
... system that'll read your browsing history, then cater ads based on where you've been. While Google sells the concept as an user-oriented improvement that'll bring you "more interesting" and "useful" content, you may want to consider the privacy implications of having your surfing habits monitored and monetized. Behavioral Ad Targeting The advertising system, announced at the Official Google Blog on Wednesday, increases Google's level of advertising customization. The company's AdSense network (which generates the ads within Google Search, Gmail, and other Google properties) ...
Google Wants to Make Ads More Interesting
DriverHeaven.net —
... On Wednesday, Google unveiled what it called "interest-based" advertising. In reality, what they really unveiled was behaviorally targeted ads. And that has some privacy advocates crying foul. ...
Google Announces New "Interest-Based" Approach to Online Advertising
Maximum PC —
... Google’s adverts have long been a prevalent part of surfing the net. While the ads that we normally see on blogs featuring AdSense and the text based ads on the sidebar of our Google search page seem like they’re looking out for us, the powers that be at Google are planning to make these ads a bit more sophisticated. ...
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pcworld.com 1/15/2009 — Google to cut 7 services Google is shutting down various unpopular projects it has been working on and is also sacking about 100 employees, in what it seems to be a bad week at the search giant's offices around the world. So what is actually ...
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Google out to make money on investments with Google Ventures
arstechnica.com 3/31/2009 —
In recent months, most of the news about Google focused on the cutbacks it has made to both staff and experimental projects. On Monday, however, the search giant announced a major expansion, a venture capital fund with full Google ...
Google Voice and you: what it is and how you can use it
arstechnica.com 8/11/2009 —
With so much news lately about Google Voice , those who haven't kept up on every tiny development have found themselves lost. What exactly is Google Voice? Is it a phone redirecting service? VoIP? Voicemail? All of ...
Google plugs your surf history into ad money machine —
The Register 3/11/2009
Wades into interest-based ads behavioral targeting Google has unleashed a new behavioral ad targeting scheme onto YouTube and partner sites in its AdSense advertising network - though it has carefully avoided the term behavioral ad targeting. ...
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