Net experts and civil libertarians fear US official requests for data could set a dangerous precedent.

Argues that restrictive and opaque policies regarding Google's Adwords program hurts Google's reputation.

"Seek and ye will find ... two entrepreneurial students with a $100k cheque in their pockets did just that, and founded the internet search engine Google. Peter Day, of BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, checks out a dot.com business that's far from...

Discusses how Google organizes and analyses the collective searches of people worldwide. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

Many smaller merchants in specialized niches rely on their sites turning up in Google's free search results. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

Tweaks to the way the world's biggest search engine works mean many companies no longer show up on rankings.

11 questions answered covering technical, business model, and site ranking issues.

Barry Welford's summary of what happened in the Google Florida Update and the likely reasons. Includes a discussion of stemming and Applied Semantics.

SearchKing has started selling text ads on its network of independent portals, with prices based on Google PageRank. Jono Craig asks Robert Massa of SearchKing if he really believes he can get away with it.

Gord Hotchkiss of Search Engine Positioning looks at Google's new algorithm and reactions to it. Includes the possible use of Applied Semantics.