The Great Click 'N' Fraud Swindle
A variety of scams, fraudsters, and software tools could contribute to as much as a billion dollars of fake click activity each year.Read More → ^ TOP
Yahoo, MSN And AOL Kick Google's Butt?
^It's headlines like this that are the reason the WSJ will never ask me to write for them. ;-)Read More → ^ TOP
US Congress drafts out tough legislation for web giants
The US Congress has proposed every US company with a website in China will have to relocate or its executives could face up to one year imprisonment.The tough legislation drafts is expected to be introduced in Congress this week. It represents the first serious attempt to tackle the rules controlling how US Internet companies can interact with foreign governments.
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Big Sites Still Get The Big Traffic
Microsoft, Yahoo, and Time Warner were the top three companies receiving website visitors in January 2006, as each handled more than 100 million unique visitors for the month.Read More → ^ TOP
House Member Criticizes Internet Companies for Practices in China
In a crowded House hearing room, Representative Christopher H. Smith, Republican of New Jersey, unleashed a scathing condemnation of four American Internet and technology companies — Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco — for a "sickening collaboration" with the Chinese government and for "decapitating the voice of the dissidents" there.Read More → ^ TOP
Search Faces Congress Today
The House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations, and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hosts Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Cisco in Washington, DC.Read More → ^ TOP
Yahoo Helps China Jail Another Cyberdissident
Yahoo provided information to the Chinese government that helped them jail Li Zhi, a democracy advocate. Li was given an eight-year sentence in 2003 for subverting the state power and inciting subversion, which is the shocking crime of trying to join the Chinese Democratic Party. Li had also been critical of the corruption of local government officials in online discussion groups. Li was convicted on the basis of information Yahoo provided about his email account and Yahoo user name activity. Yahoo had recently provided the Chinese government with information that was used to put journalist Shi Tao in jail for ten years.Read More → ^ TOP
Search Handled Five Billion December Queries
Search engines led by Google and Yahoo processed nearly 5.1 billion queries from users in December 2005, a huge jump from the 3.2 billion they delivered in December 2004.Read More → ^ TOP
Outrage Over AOL Email Filtering Plans
AOL's announcement last week that they are often deleting links and images from emails from those who aren't whitelisted has created a firestorm from their subscribers.Read More → ^ TOP
Lycos Turning Search Lights Out?
A rumour is circulating that says Lycos has laid off most of its search team and is retaining a skeleton crew to keep its beleaguered services operating.Read More → ^ TOP
The State Of Search 2.0
How useful is search for you? I'm more than dissatisfied with it. Read More → ^ TOPPoliticians Blast No-Show Search Engines
Congress gave a Human Rights Caucus and their desired targets of derision chose not to attend; that did not stop politicians from attacking Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft on their policies in China.Read More → ^ TOP
The Woes Of Tech Billionaires
Bill Gates' personal fortune overtaxed the IRS tax computers, while Larry Ellison's accountant fusses at him for maxing out a $1 billion credit limit.Read More → ^ TOP
