Google has made a splash in SEO news with the story breaking of how a Frenchmen is suing them over a photo that was published on their street view application in which he appears. What makes this story extremely interesting is that the photo depicts the man urinating openly in his front yard. The man [...]
Google Privacy Measures
October 24th, 2010Google’s updating their privacy standards in a big way after the huge debacle over Street View vehicles in Germany picking up WiFi transmissions earlier this year. According to the Official Google Blog post back in May: “In 2006 an engineer working on an experimental WiFi project wrote a piece of code that sampled all categories [...]
Google Wins in Spain, Loses in Czech Republic
September 23rd, 2010The EU is a constant battleground for Google. The latest country to fight Google’s notorious Street View is the Czech Republic. From eBrandz: “The Czech Office for Personal Data Protection said on Wednesday it has rejected for the second time to permit Google to acquire images for its panoramic Street View service stating that its [...]
Google In Trouble Globally – Again
April 20th, 2010First it was Street View. Then China and the huge hubbub over censorship. Then the YouTube bullying video. Then came Google Buzz. Americans and UKers had a bit of a fit, effectively killing the app, but the real whammy came Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal: Privacy officials from 10 countries Monday sent Google [...]
More Fun Stuff from Google
February 2nd, 2010Google constantly adds cool gadgets and tools and gear to make life easier. According to the WSJ, Google may even be planning an answer to Apples’ wildly popular apps store. Google Inc. is preparing to launch a store selling online business software that integrates with its Web services, according to people briefed by the company, [...]













