If hackers don’t get you, maybe Google will
(Storage Bits - ZDNet.com)

Two weeks ago my personal blog (StorageMojo) was hacked. Turns out that Google can be a bigger problem than the hackers. Here’s how it works and tips on protecting yourself.

Congress Questions Google on Privacy Practices
(InternetNews)

Lawmakers investigate collection of information since acquisition of DoubleClick.

Twenty Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Google Search (About.com – Web Search)

Google is the most popular search engine on the Web, but many people don't realize the full extent of what they can do with it. Find out more about the wide variety of Google search options that you have, and learn twenty things you didn't know you could with the seemingly limitless power of Google search available to you.

Project Playlist search engine in RIAA's legal crosshairs
(Ars Technica)

One of The Pirate Bay's key claims to legality is that it's only a search engine and doesn't host any infringing files.

Project Playlist, based in California, makes the same claim, but that hasn't prevented nine RIAA member labels from filing a federal lawsuit against the service.

"Theft is not innovation," says the complaint, a copy of which was seen by Ars Technica, "and the Internet does not grant a license to steal." And because Project Playlist does appear to exert control over the music it finds, it may have trouble mounting the "we just point to files" defense.

Andreessen Knocks Would-Be Google Competitors
(Internet News)

The Web visionary talks Google, social networks and the lack of innovation in corporate computing.

Not-So-Natural-Born Google Killers
(Media Post – Search Insider)

It’s become quite fashionable to speculate about companies that could unseat Google. As I write this, there are nearly 100,000 matches on Google for the query “Google Killer.” Not one to miss a fashion trend, I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon here.

More Not-So-Natural-Born Google Killers
(Media Post – Search Insider)

Even More Not-So-Natural-Born Google Killers
(Media Post – Search Insider)

How to Effectively Use a Search Engine
(Wendy's Web Search Blog, About.com)

According to the latest statistics, more people then ever before in history use a search engine on a regular basis - but how effectively are they using these search engines?

Unfortunately, most searchers don't take advantage of the bare minimum of search resources that search engines have to offer. Learn how to effectively use a search engine.

Wait - don't I just need to know about Google? Google is a strong contender, but it's certainly not the only game in town! Here are 100 search engines to choose from, anything from torrent search to USA.gov.

Google optimistic regulators won't bar Yahoo: source (Reuters)

Google Inc believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo Inc because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking said on Friday.

Google believes such a partnership would not be anti-competitive because it would be an arrangement in which Yahoo would use Google's more profitable search advertising platform to make more money for itself, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.

A Pit Opens for Incautious Online Marketers, Warns XSEO (PRWeb)

The news that major corporations are putting search engines such as Google and Yahoo! at the forefront of their marketing strategies could herald huge problems for incautious optimisers, XSEO reveals

Microsoft Releases "Renaissance" Version of Live Search QnA (Search Engine Land)

The Live Search QnA Blog announced a new release of Live Search QnA. Live Search QnA is Microsoft's question and answer engine, similar to Yahoo Answers.


Search Engine Wars : Google & Yahoo
(The Times – Money Online, South Africa)
[Google cache]

According to Hitwise, over the past 2 years visitor’s to question and answer websites such as Yahoo Answers, have increased by more than 889%.


Google Answers (Google)

We're sorry, but Google Answers has been retired, and is no longer accepting new questions.
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The Real Threat to Google
(Yahoo! Singapore - Finance)

Google's biggest threat may not be Microsoft (MSFT) or Yahoo! (YHOO).

No, one of the most formidable challenges facing Google (GOOG) is likely sitting in your pocket or purse. It's your cell phone, and it will put added pressure on Google and other Internet companies to revamp the way they handle online marketing.

As more people use cell phones and their tiny glass screens to gain access to the Internet, Google and its fellow online advertisers will have less space, or what's called ad inventory, to place marketing messages for customers. Google makes money selling ad inventory. And its ad inventory is diminished on a cell phone.