Google's Gaffe
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Google's Trademark Gaffe
Google's Trademark Gaffe
08/16/2004 12:07 PMWill the company be able to keep the name of its new email service?
Amazon tax gaffe: from hero to zero
Amazon tax gaffe: from hero to zero
02/18/2004 10:46 AMAmazon is a super-savvy Internet company, except when they screw up.
I, along with other Amazon Associates, am now reeling from the double
whammy of a database error compounded by unusuable voice mail.
According to Amazon, I no longer exist as a legitimate taxpaying
citizen, and I've been told it will take the full might of the IRS to
correct Amazon's mistake.
Bush's telling Abu Ghraib gaffe
Bush's telling Abu Ghraib gaffe
05/24/2004 11:33 PMOne person’s gaffe is another’s
peccadillo
One person’s gaffe is another’s
peccadillo
06/20/2004 10:19 PM
Common
Errors In English :: an internet guide
N.Y. Post Mocks Its Gephardt Gaffe (AP)
N.Y. Post Mocks Its Gephardt Gaffe (AP)
07/07/2004 07:47 AMAP - At last, the New York Post is reporting it right: John Edwards is
the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. On
Wednesday, the tabloid corrected its erroneous cover story that former
Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt would be Kerry's pick. Kerry named
Edwards shortly after the edition hit newsstands Tuesday.
N.Y. Post Corrects Gaffe on Kerry Ticket
(AP)
N.Y. Post Corrects Gaffe on Kerry Ticket
(AP)
07/07/2004 12:40 PMAP - The New York Post is reporting it right this time: John Edwards
is the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
Finns urged to retaliate over Berlusconi
gaffe (Reuters)
Finns urged to retaliate over Berlusconi
gaffe (Reuters)
06/24/2005 09:57 PMReuters - Finns should boycott Italian produce
after Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi insulted both
their cuisine and their president this week, farming officials
said Friday.
Castro ridicules gaffe-prone Bush
(Reuters)
Castro ridicules gaffe-prone Bush
(Reuters)
02/14/2004 07:29 AMReuters - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is using humour to defend himself
from U.S. hostility, ridiculing President George W. Bush
for his gaffes.
Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 |
Bush's campaign trail gaffe
Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 |
Bush's campaign trail gaffe
08/09/2004 09:42 AMGoogle's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.
Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.
03/13/2003 10:26 AMThis excellent piece by Steven Johnson touches on some of the bigger
ideas few people have been thinking about in all the Blogger/Google
speculation and analysis.
In peculiar gaffe, Rumsfeld vows to hunt
those who "shot down the plane over
Pennsylvania" (transcript) 12/26
In peculiar gaffe, Rumsfeld vows to hunt
those who "shot down the plane over
Pennsylvania" (transcript) 12/26
12/28/2004 04:54 PMCNN December 24, 2004 .. Rest of Article .. Freudian slip? ..
mistatement
edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0412/24/nfcnn.01.html
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The best of the Web: Google's IPO
The best of the Web: Google's IPO
04/30/2004 07:05 PMGoogle's IPO filing generated intense media coverage. These are some
of the more interesting stories based on topics such as the people
behind the company, the investor angle and the big picture.
Will Google's IPO Be a Must-Buy?
Will Google's IPO Be a Must-Buy?
04/27/2004 10:22 AMFortune Apr 27 2004 1:47PM GMT
Is Google's IPO a Must-Buy?
Is Google's IPO a Must-Buy?
04/29/2004 04:18 PMFortune Apr 29 2004 8:12PM GMT
Google's Top 40
Google's Top 40
12/25/2004 11:40 PMGlasgow Sunday Mail Dec 26 2004 1:30AM GMT
Want in on Google's IPO?
Want in on Google's IPO?
04/29/2004 07:06 PMThe search engine is opening its long-expected public offering to the
masses through a rare auction process. But ordinary folks will still
need to jump through hoops to land some of the coveted shares.
Google's IPO
Google's IPO
05/09/2004 07:18 AMGoogle's IPO1) New York Times:
How John Doerr, the Old Prospector, Finally Struck Googlehttp:
//www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/technology/03doerr.html2) NPR's Tech Guru Omar Wasow: Google's IPOhttp://www
.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=18746533)
San Jose Mercury News: Google IPO Translates Into Multiple
Billionshttp://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/8601819.htm?1c
4) ITWorld.com: Google IPO May Help Raise
Fortunes of Tech Industryhttp://www.it
world.com/Tech/4535/040430googleipo/5) Saint
Petersburg Times: Google Sets Up IPO with a Twisthttp://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/30/Business/Google_sets_up_IPO_
wi.shtmlWhile the boom and bust IPO craze of the
nineties has largely been replaced by wary investors and a battlefield
of tech startups, possibly the biggest IPO of the millennium is about
to take place. Google, the inimitable company that has defined the use
of the Internet and transformed its name into a verb, is soon to hit
the market. In an amusing test, a search for "Google IPO" on Google
itself reveals 984,000 entries from which to pick. Thus, here are a
few, leaving 984,995 from which to choose at your leisure. The first
site (1) takes you to the New York Times' piece on a person you'd love
to be right now, John Doerr, who was one of the venture capitalists
that put money in Google's pockets at the get go. The second link is
to NPR's recent story on Google's IPO and a report from the Tech Guru,
Omar Wasow (2). The third link takes you to an article from the San
Jose Mercury news that highlights just how much money will head
towards Google's employees (3). ITWorld.com highlights how this IPO
may resurrect the tattered fortunes of the tech industry in the fourth
site (4 ). And, the last site is from the Saint Petersburg Times,
which offers this article explaining the Google-like twist Google is
putting on this IPO in order to try to allow common folk to snatch a
few shares before the mega-investors sweep in (5) [From The NSDL Scout
Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout
Project 1994-2003.
http://scout.wisc.edu/]
Google's Way May Not Be S.E.C.'s Way
Google's Way May Not Be S.E.C.'s Way
08/13/2004 10:57 PMNew York Times Aug 14 2004 3:41AM GMT
Google's 6th
Google's 6th
09/07/2004 02:27 PM It's Google's sixth birthday....
try out google's new look
try out google's new look
03/08/2004 11:17 PMan elegant little bookmarklet lets you peek at the possible new design
Google's Top 100
Google's Top 100
11/11/2002 09:22 PMWhat are the most linked-to pages? If you do a search for "http" (as
in, http://) you get something pretty close to the answer. It's
probably not exact (Google and Yahoo are reversed from their Google
Directory rankings, for example) but it's pretty interesting. How
close are you to one of the big names? I'm two hops from number 21....
Google's IPO: Asking Too Much?
Google's IPO: Asking Too Much?
07/27/2004 09:26 AMSource: BusinessWeek - The search giant projects an offering price of
up to $135. That may prove a bit rich for an outfit with just one main
product....
All Business: Can Google's IPO go?
All Business: Can Google's IPO go?
08/15/2004 06:02 AMNaplesnews.com - Sun Aug 15, 04:23 am GMT
The How and Why of Google's Auction
The How and Why of Google's Auction
05/03/2004 02:25 AMBusiness Week May 3 2004 6:13AM GMT
Google's Picasa
Google's Picasa
07/20/2004 02:47 PMSource: Search Engine Guide - With the combined efforts of Google's
search technology, Real players music tagging, and Picasa's ability to
add keywords, virtually everything you use on your computer is now
indexable with Google's search capabilities....
Google's Genius
Google's Genius
04/30/2004 12:02 PMGoogle had three different pressures on them. They had investors who
wanted desperately to send Google money. They had shareholders who
wanted to cash out. And they had founders who didn't want to give
anything up and wanted to stay honest. Their IPO cleverly manages to
solve all three problems. The founders keep honest by telling folks
they have no respect for investors and that Google is probably a bad
investment (and also by bypassing the comically corrupt investment
bank system). They keep control through the dual-class stock system.
And then they let the investors hand their money to the shareholders.
Now I'm no expert, but IPO lawyer Gordon Smith, at his venturpreneur
weblog, has been analyzing the Google IPO and doesn't think Google has
much of a growth story. Nor, apparently, does anyone else....
Battelle on Google's S-1
Battelle on Google's S-1
04/30/2004 03:37 AMJohn Battelle's analysis of Google's S-1 filing -- and particularily,
the charming-but-stilted founders' letter -- is fascinating and
insightful:
The letter states, among other things, that 1. We don't need to do
this for the money; 2. We have no plans to run our business to satisfy
Wall Street's need for smooth earnings predictability; 3. We plan to
give no earnings guidance, not at least as it's understood on Wall
St.; 4. Don't ask us to do so, we'll simply decline the request; 5.
We'll do odd things that you won' t understand; 6. We will make big
bets on things that may not work out; 7. We run the company as a
triumvirate, so there will not be clear leadership from one person
like most other companies; 8. We bridge the media and tech industries
(interesting), which are in flux, so we've chosen a two-class stock
structure similar to the NYT, WashPost, and NYT that helps us avoid
being taken over by those forces; 9. We plan using an auction model,
as it feels fairer and we understand auctions from AdWords; 10. Don't
invest in us if this scares you at all, or the price feels too high;
11. Don't even think about asking us to cut expenses with regard to
our employees; 12. We believe in the idea of Don't Be Evil; 13. It's
evil to pay for placement or inclusion (a swipe at Yahoo); 14. We hope
to bridge the digital divide through Gmail type free services and a
foundation with at least 1% of profits and equity to help make the
world a better place; 17. Betting on Google is a bet on Sergey and
Larry (this was said multiple times, making me wonder if there wasn't
some odd future blame being assigned here by the VCs or bankers); 18.
This letter is our way of answering the questions we can't answer in
the coming months due to the IPO quiet period.
LinkThe A-B-Cs of Google's Auction
The A-B-Cs of Google's Auction
08/10/2004 10:12 AMSource: BusinessWeek - Here's a guide to investor questions about the
search outfit's IPO auction, along with S&P's view on the best bidding
price and strategy....
who's doing google's billing?
who's doing google's billing?
05/05/2004 07:59 PMthey're going to outsource the money handling that accounts for 95% of
their revenue. sounds like a nice gig.
Google's new ToS: Now you can say how
much you make
Google's new ToS: Now you can say how
much you make
03/17/2005 03:56 AMCory Doctorow:
Glenn sez, "Google updated its AdSense TOS and now lets its affiliates
discuss what they make:
You agree not to disclose Google Confidential Information without
Google's prior written consent. 'Google Confidential Information'
includes without limitation: (a) all Google software, technology,
programming, specifications, materials, guidelines and documentation
relating to the Program; (b) click-through rates or other statistics
relating to Site performance in the Program provided to You by Google;
and (c) any other information designated in writing by Google as
'Confidential' or an equivalent designation. However, You may
accurately disclose the amount of Googleâ's gross payments to You
pursuant to the Program.
(
Thanks, Glenn!)
Google's IPO goes ahead
Google's IPO goes ahead
08/18/2004 08:24 PMMelbourne Age Aug 19 2004 0:56AM GMT
Google's IPO seeks $2.7bn
Google's IPO seeks $2.7bn
04/30/2004 03:25 AMZDNet UK Apr 30 2004 7:53AM GMT
The Gold in Google's IPO Goes to
The Gold in Google's IPO Goes to
11/10/2003 11:17 PMBusiness Week Nov 10 2003 10:25PM ET
Hmmm.... Google's Different
Hmmm.... Google's Different
10/08/2002 08:12 AMHmmm.... Google's Different
Kasia is wondering why she's no longer the top result for some google
queries. Thanks to Scripting pointing me to Mark Pilgrim there is an
answer:
Specifically, Google is now apparently cross-checking link text with
the linked site, and discounting or ignoring links whose text does not
appear in the linked site. This all but kills off Google bombing.
Searching for "go to hell" no longer takes you to microsoft.com;
searching for "talentless hack" no longer finds ohmessylife.com,
although it finds a lot of people who were previously participating in
the Google bombing. No definitive word yet on whether Google is
actively penalizing such sites.
Unfortunately, the algorithm tweaks necessary to stop these two
techniques have caused a wide range of collateral damage, apparently
coming down hardest on medium-to-large sites that had previously been
doing everything right (as far as page structure, link structure,
accessibility, and general honest hard work putting together a usable
and useful site). The Webmasterworld forums are alive with complaints
and speculation: (see Mark's site for the links)
...
Regardless, Google’s search results in general appear to be
significantly degraded in many key areas. The forums are full of
people complaining that spam sites, doorway pages, and obvious
cloaking attempts, which Google used to be so good at filtering out,
are now popping up in top spots with disturbing frequency. Nobody in
the forums wants to talk about which keywords they’re tracking,
so I tried to find my own concrete example of crap search results. It
didn’t take long.
Just as a general comment it doesn't surprise me that Google's results
have been degraded with this change -- but I doubt that this is
permanent. Google has actually changed their algorithms a bunch of
times and there is always a "issue". This type of stuff is hard and
it's even harder when people are actively trying to subvert you (i.e.
Google bombing). Google will (almost certainly) fix this.
I've told countless clients over the years that the best search engine
optimization is this:
Build a good site.
Create relevant content.
Extensively cross link it.
Regularly update it.
Worry about meta tags and optimization a little but not a lot.
You can definitely spend $$$ on search engine work and sometimes it
will pay off but it's a constant battle and you may just want to focus
your efforts on building a better site. That pays off in the long run
a lot more than countless tweaking. It is, however, substantially
worse for the web consultant.
Note: Google's one of the few companies that I really "trust" and it
seems like we're all jumping to conclusions way too fast (some people
are actually saying "Google's reign is over" with these changes).
Come on people ! Give them a chance to fix their bugs.
Google's dot.com revolution
Google's dot.com revolution
04/30/2004 07:09 PMNews 24 Apr 30 2004 11:11PM GMT
Google's Gag Order
Google's Gag Order
06/23/2004 11:08 AMPerrspectives: Google's Gag Order. Another piece on Google's bizarre
no-hate-ads policy, but this one suggests it is applied with a
conservative bias. The author had a political commentary website which
included an article which called the President "secretive, paranoid
and vengeance-filled". His site was taken down. Yet another site,
whose _name_ is "Michael Moore Hates America", is allowed to run ads
for "Michael Moore". It is increasingly clear that Google cannot
enforce their censorship policy with any semblance of fairness. Worse,
[their editorial policy in ads undermines their claim of fair,
computer-generated
results](http://google.blogspace.com/archives/001233). Google should
stick to ensuring adds are accurate, and let the computer decide which
ones to show based on which are popular....
Google's googly
Google's googly
08/14/2004 06:43 PMTelegraph Aug 14 2004 11:13PM GMT
Google's Suggestions
Google's Suggestions
12/19/2004 03:18 PM"Google
Suggest"-- start typing a word in the search box and it makes
on-the-fly suggestions about what you're looking for. Fascinating...
Google's Ads -- and Minuses
Google's Ads -- and Minuses
03/09/2004 12:22 AMBusiness Week Mar 9 2004 4:23AM GMT
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