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• A Search for Google’s Success Turns Up Two Words: Trust and Technology

  http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=435
  Article that looks on the reasons behind Google success. [Free registration required.]

• Approved Sites may Profit from Blockage : Google's Loss Spells Gain for Web Firms in China

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/11/news/11iht-_dotcom_ed1_.html
  The blocking of Google means increased traffic for Chinese based sites.

• BBC Is Google Good for You?

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3334531.stm
  The Google search engine has become the Coke of the web, argues technology analyst Bill Thompson.

• BBC News: China Blocking Google

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2231101.stm
  Beijing bears down on Google, blocking access to the search engine.

• BBC News: Google Hit By Link Bombers

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1868395.stm
  "Popular search site Google is being exploited by some net users to mount protests and play jokes on their friends."

• BBC News: Google Is 'Feeling Lucky'

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1978993.stm
  "Seek and ye will find ... two entrepreneurial students with a $100k cheque in their pockets did just that, and founded the internet search engine Google. Peter Day, of BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, checks out a dot.com business that's far from failing".

• BBC: Google Celebrates Fifth Birthday

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3084442.stm
  The hugely popular search engine, Google, is turning five years old this weekend.

• BBC: Google Changes Anger Web Businesses

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/3290277.stm
  Tweaks to the way the world's biggest search engine works mean many companies no longer show up on rankings.

• BBC: Google Data Request Fuels Fears

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4631924.stm
  Net experts and civil libertarians fear US official requests for data could set a dangerous precedent.

• CNet: Google Protects Its Search Results

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-883558.html
  Gwendolyn Mariano's article: "Dimandja Emoungu got a surprise when he tried to search Google this month: Instead of a results list, he says, the company handed him a 'rude' note denying service."

• CNet: Google Ushers Web Surfers Into Its Labs

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-919173.html
  Paul Festa's article: "Popular search engine Google on Tuesday launched two sites for developing experimental search and browsing technologies."

• Daring Fireball: Writing for Google

  http://daringfireball.net/2004/05/writing_for_google
  Weblog entry. If you wish for something you write for web consumption to turn up in a Google search, here are some suggestions.

• E-Commerce Times: UK Shopping Guide Turns to Google

  http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/1848.html
  Andy Wang's article: "UK-based entertainment and shopping guide Virgin Net announced today that it has selected upstart search engine Google to provide search services for its Web site."

• Forbes.com: How Google Is That?

  http://www.forbes.com/1999/10/04/feat.html
  Om Malik's article: "The reason why all these Valley hotshots are going gaga over Google is because the company has a search technology that is far better than anything else out there."

• Google Introduces New Features

  http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2004/03/google-introduces-personalized-search.html
  Press release about new services personalized Web search and Web alerts. Also explains the changes to the Google design and new search features.

• Google's Florida Shake Up: A View from the Beginning

  http://www.isedb.com/db/articles/600/
  Jim Hedger of the Internet Search Engines Database presents a compilation of his reactions and conclusions over weeks following Google change of 16 November.

• Google: Time Warner's AOL and Google to Expand Strategic Alliance

  http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/twaol_expanded.html
  Press release announcing that Google is to invest $1 billion for a 5% stake in AOL.

• Information Today: Google Buys Applied Semantics

  http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=16713
  Google announced that it has acquired Applied Semantics, a Santa Monica, California-based company known for its semantic text processing technology.

• Localized Google Search Result Exclusions

  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/google/
  Harvard Law School researchers document sites filtered by international versions of Google.

• NPR : Escaping the Google Spotlight

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4951388
  Some people go to great lengths to keep their names off the search engine Google.com. Ann Harrison of Wired News tells Scott Simon how to pursue the goal of becoming un-Googleable. [2:56 streaming audio broadcast]

• NYTimes.com: Postcards From Planet Google

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/28/technology/postcards-from-planet-google.html
  Discusses how Google organizes and analyses the collective searches of people worldwide. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

• NYTimes.com: Sites Become Dependent on Google

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/technology/09NECO.html
  Many smaller merchants in specialized niches rely on their sites turning up in Google's free search results. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

• San Francisco Chronicle - Google's ad rules

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/09/BUGAD835EP1.DTL
  Details of Google's ad policy disclosed in internal documents obtained by The Chronicle.

• SearchEngineWatch: Happy Birthday, Google!

  http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064279/Happy-Birthday-Google
  Five years ago, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated their fledgling startup, notes Chris Sherman.

• Sites Blocked by China

  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/google-replacements/
  Research article documenting specific web pages blocked in China.

• Slashdot: Craig Silverstein Answers Your Google Questions

  http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/07/03/1352239.shtml?tid=95
  11 questions answered covering technical, business model, and site ranking issues.

• The Guardian: How Google Got It So Right

  http://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/may/06/mondaymediasection.comment1
  David Teather's article: "The success of Google, the internet search engine, has come about through the old fashioned form of viral marketing: word of mouth."

• The Register: Google Labs Passes Borges Test

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/23/google_labs_passes_borges_test/
  Andrew Orlowski's article: "Google has opened its kimono on some new labs work, soliciting feedback for four experimental features."

• USA Today: Google Hit With Patent Suit Over 'Paid Listings'

  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/04/05/google-suit.htm
  "Internet advertising company Overture Services said Friday it sued search-engine company Google, alleging that Google's system for featuring paid advertisements infringes an Overture patent".

• USA Today: Thrill of Hunt Lures Google Competitors

  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2002/05/13/search.htm
  Jefferson Graham's article: "Even as Google keeps growing, competitors are taking aim at the Internet's top search service."

• Wired 9.10: I'm Feeling Lucky

  http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/google.html
  Chip Bayers' article: "Google's built a no-nonsense path to profitability by treating advertising just like search. The secret? Three words, ranked by relevance: Results. Results. Results."

• WorldNetDaily: Google bans Christian ad

  http://www.wnd.com/2004/08/26107/
  Anti-homosexual remarks considered to be 'hate' content.

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