SEOs took notice of a ruling handed down by the European Court of Justice which ruled that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) cannot be required as a matter of law to install filtering systems whose purpose is to block the downloading of illegal content. The court found that such a system would be in violation the [...]
SEOs Could be Affected by Court of Justice Ruling
December 2nd, 2011Google in Trouble Over Street View – Again
July 1st, 2010A UK mother is incensed that her 3 year old was shown naked on Street View. According to the Manchester News: Claire Rowlands, 25, was stunned to see the image of little Louis Mears playing on a sunny day in his gran’s garden in Walkden. Louis, three, had been snapped by Google’s controversial ‘camera car’, [...]
UK Warns Against IE Use
January 26th, 2010The UK is warning people about yet another vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer in the wake of the Chinese GoogleHack which was traced to a crack in IE security: “All web browsers are at ongoing risk to vulnerabilities and as such Get Safe Online’s recommended advice is always to use the most up-to-date version to [...]
UK Re-defines Copyright Law?
January 13th, 2010Google has faced a barrage of criticism in for indexing copyrighted material. Now UK law may recognize the search engine’s right to index material subject to a revised interpretation of copyright law. According to PaidContent: Conservative Lord Lucas is proposing a specific new clause so that… “Every provider of a publicly accessible website shall be [...]
Kids in UK See Search Engine Results as Gospel Truth
October 9th, 2009According to a recent study, if it’s in the top results of the SERPs, one out of three children in Great Britain assume it’s true. An exhaustive report from Ofcom (a UK regulatory agency) concerning media literacy found that 32 percent of UK children aged 12-15 years old are of the conviction that the links/listings [...]