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Google Sued Over Lowering Company’s Ranking

Google sued over lowering company's ranking. Kinderstart.com, a parental advice site, has filed a lawsuit against Google for unfairly lowering it's ranking without a reason or warning. They claim that in March of 2005 their site fell in the ranking and as a result had lost 70% of it's traffic and about 80% decline in revenue. As a result they seek financial damages as well as details about Google's ranking algorithm. According to reuters: At its height,...

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Microsoft Live Toolbar (beta) is now Available

Microsoft Live toolbar is now available in beta release The Microsoft Live product line has gotten just a bit larger this week with the introduction of their new Live Search, and now with a matching toolbar, the Windows Live Toolbar beta. In the development of this toolbar Microsoft used a new technology acquired recently along acquired with Onfolio. From MSN's search blog: Onfolio grabs scraps of web pages to be shared or viewed later, which...

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Google News, New Language – New Problems

Google News, New Language - New Problems Three weeks ago, when Google officially launched it's Google Israel branched, they announced that they will take up to 18 months to translate their services into Hebrew, and that an R&D center was not likely to open up. Both predictions now appear to be wrong. Google News in Hebrew was introduced this morning carrying news from roughly one hundred news sources include the giants, of course, such as Haaretz,...

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NBC Universal to Buy iVillage

NBC Universal to Buy iVillage NBC Universal had announced earlier today that they agreed to acquire iVillage Inc for $600 Million cash. iVillage, which owns several woman targeted websites such as iVillage.com, Women.com, and Healthology.com, should serve as a major digital platform and be tied into NBC's television programming. "iVillage immediately gives us scale and a profitable, established platform to expand our digital efforts, especially in the rapidly growing areas of health and women's interests," NBC Universal...

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