I wonder if Google founders Serge and Larry ever envisioned this happening as they were tinkering away in a garage in the 90′s on their search engine. The Australian Federal Government has requested the Australian Federal Police investigate Google in related to alleged privacy breaches. (more…)

An article on CNN says an IP address shortage looming with new IP numbers running out in as little as 18 months – or will they? (more…)

The changes at Google are again flowing thick and fast, with the latest having more to do with personalization – and some directly challenging Microsoft in more than one way. (more…)

Noticed a change in your Google traffic this month but can’t pinpoint what it is? Maybe the answer lies in the long tail. (more…)

It seems some major sites are rethinking how they deal with user comments after increasing numbers of attention-seekers litter comment threads with, well, crap. (more…)

After talking about it for months (years?), Rupert Murdoch is about to ban search engine spiders from two of his publications. (more…)

A couple of weeks back I posted about another blogger raising the possibility of banks using social networks as a financial assessment tool. It seems that debt collectors may have already made a start. (more…)

Google AdSense, the hugely popular revenue generation tool for online publishers, has finally revealed what has been a closely guarded secret, the percentage share of ad revenue it pays to publishers. (more…)

As click fraud detection becomes more refined, so too do the strategies of those looking to commit it. (more…)

Google recently announced Google TV; an open platform that it says “will bring together the best of TV and the best of the web to deliver the premier entertainment experience for the living room”. (more…)