April's close sees Google gallop along unfettered

Just when you might think that Google can't garner any more influence, a week like this rolls around and demonstrates just how mighty the internet giant is. Delve in dear readers, and discover the controversies and celebrations that surrounded our favourite online faces this week.

Good news for Google first came in the guise of a positive ruling from the Information Commissioner, ensuring that the controversial Street View technology will stay on UK screens despite privacy complaints.

The search engine then proceeded to display its political clout as the Tories proved they were keyword savvy during Gordon Brown's Budget speech. The party then announced that it advocated Google Health as a viable choice for storing the UKs health records.

Hot on the heels of this Conservative endorsement, Google also received a boost as CEO, Eric Schmidt, joined Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, as the newest members on President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Yahoo! hasn't remained silent in this onslaught of Google-related news, however. The search pioneer received further rallying calls for revolution from new CEO Carol Bartz, then demonstrated its dedication to cutting dead wood by announcing the closure of its Geocities service.

The social networking sphere also had a surprise or two up its sleeve this week too as MySpace's CEO stepped down after six years of service. Meanwhile, Twitter desktop client provider Seesmic searched for ways to cut down Twitter spam and Google seemed set on digging into some of Digg's social voting success with its new "What's Popular" service.

However, if it's popular and pertinent online news you're hoping for, rest assured that the bigmouthmedia newsletter is the answer. Sit back and soak up the sizzling and sensational internet stories shooting across the internet's skyline this week.

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