Industry News

Nine years in prison for spam abuse
Is nine years in prison a justifiable term for email spam abuse?

Click-to-Call: the new way to talk on the phone
Google has recently joined the revolution, in partnership with eBay, for the growing click-to-call service. The implications of this service could bring that personal element back into advertising.

Google backs down over anti-social networking in Brazil
The Brazilian government is investigating people who've allegedly used Orkut illegally and Google has succumbed to the pressure, but the bigger question most of us want answered is how do we protect our privacy online.

Search shocker: Google stuck in the past!
Well, sort of...Google have enhanced their online news search to allow users to trawl through over 200 years of historical articles. Researchers will also be able to read news stories in an automatically created timeline fashion.

My easy Virgin
Will we see a battle of "My" brands online as traditional media attempts to carve out a social and search presence on the Net?

Google nervously testing a new display?
Google's search results page is famous. The clean and uncluttered page is iconic. It might change. For months for Google has been carefully testing an alternative

Is it a tool? Is it a game? No, it's Google Labeler
Google releases a cunning new tool/game called Google Image Labeler to help deal with the frustrating problems surrounding the indexing of graphics.

Online shopping creeps up on high street retailers
High street shopping loses more ground to the internet.

Woodside as Google's new
MD in UK and Ireland
Google have appointed Dennis Woodside in the role of Managing Director for the search engine's operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Benelux.

Google vs. Lane's Gifts: a settling for better or for worse?
Despite a recent $90-million lawsuit taking its toll on search engine companies, many are claiming there is a bright side to the settlement.