November 24, 2008 (Computerworld) The new Google new search customization tool, SearchWiki, has quickly generated criticism for its lack of an opt-out option and perceived privacy threats.
Google unveiled SearchWiki last week, saying that it would allow users signed into Google to change the ranking of personal search results. The tool also lets users delete or [...]
Google sent out a letter to AdSense publishers this afternoon reassuring them that during these times of economic turmoil Google is working to boost publisher revenue.
Among the things that Google says they are working on:
Better AdSense for search
Integration of DoubleClick tech into AdSense
Improved ability for AdWords advertisers to target content network
The letter is rather light [...]
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on Thursday said that it has begun turning electronic copies of printed documents (PDF files generated from scanned paper) back into digital text using optical character-recognition (OCR) technology. In the past, scanned documents were rarely included in search results as we could not be sure of their content, said Google product manager [...]