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Google Now "Fully Blocked" In China [UPDATE: It Was A Status Error] [Google]

July 29, 2010 by Rosa Golijan
Google Now "Fully Blocked" In China [UPDATE: It Was A Status Error] [Google] Google, the brave search engine company who refused to censor search results in China, seems to be finding itself entirely unwelcome in the country: Apparently Google is now fully blocked in China. Update: False alarm due to a Google issue. More »

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China happy with Google’s latest tweaks, saga appears at an end

July 20, 2010 by Vlad Savov
China happy with Google’s latest tweaks, saga appears at an end The China versus Google spat seems to be drawing to a conciliatory end today, as a senior state official has announced China is "satisfied" with Google's latest round of changes. This was somewhat predictable given that the country just recently renewed El Goog's license to host sites within its borders, but it's always reassuring to get confirmation from an official source. The American search giant had tried to strike a precarious balance, by having its local .cn domain adhere to Chinese laws and dictum while also providing a link out to its uncensored Hong Kong hub, and that seems to have done the trick. Ultimately, even the .hk search results will be subject to China's firewall -- which will render the most sensitive info inaccessible -- but at least Google can walk away from this dispute claiming that it's providing uncensored search in some form, even if its output can't always be put to good use. China happy with Google's latest tweaks, saga appears at an end originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Comments

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Google pointer activity monitoring could influence search engine results, probably won’t

July 16, 2010 by Joseph L. Flatley
Google pointer activity monitoring could influence search engine results, probably won’t For the latest development in Google's mad quest for search engine efficacy, the company was granted a patent titled, in the necessarily wordy way that these things are, "System and method for modulating search relevancy using pointer activity monitoring." Essentially, the idea here is that mouse pointer movements can be interpreted to gauge someone's interest, so Google would track the mouse as it moves in and out of predefined regions of a web page, or hovers over certain regions for a predefined period of time. Apparently, the pointer is sort of seen as a surrogate for the eye, telling the search engine provider where your eye is wandering. Of course, there is plenty of math on the back end, where the relevancy of those actions has to be determined. Or something. This baby was filed in 2005, and as far as we know this technology hasn't been implemented, so who knows if it ever will? Check it out for yourself by hitting the source link.Google pointer activity monitoring could influence search engine results, probably won't originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink WebProNews  |  USPTO  | Email this | Comments

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How Google Actually Works, In Case You Were Still Wondering [Image Cache]

July 1, 2010 by Kat Hannaford
How Google Actually Works, In Case You Were Still Wondering [Image Cache] Thirteen years after the Google.com domain launched, and you still don't know how it works? Err, that's ok—as this infographic shows, there's a huge process going on behind its homepage every time you search for lolcats. ">More » Google - search engine - Searching - Google.com - Companies

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Google Search Will Cease to Exist in China By Friday? [Google]

June 30, 2010 by Kat Hannaford
Google Search Will Cease to Exist in China By Friday? [Google] As a result of Google standing up to cafeteria-manager China, demanding they serve pie every day of the week, China's expected to revoke their Internet Content Provider license, meaning in 24-48 hours the Chinese people can't access Google. More » Google - China - search - search engine - HongKong

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