Have you ever experienced a sharp pain in your side or numbness in a leg and used Google to find out whether you should call the doctor? You’re not alone; in fact, so many searchers do this that the search engine giant modified its algorithm to help.
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What the Panda 2.2 Update Means
It’s been nearly four months since Google’s Panda update first made its presence felt. Dubbed “Farmer” by some, it hit content farms particularly hard. With Google rolling out the third update to Panda, what do we know about this bear that can keep you from getting clobbered?
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Searching for (Unintentional) Supporters of Spyware? Try Google
It’s a journalistic dictum that, in order to get to the bottom of something, one should follow the money. Spyware researcher Ben Edelman used high technology to discover who is using that hated method to advertise, and thus keeping spyware makers in business. This led to a chain of money whose links may surprise you — and illustrate a larger issue in the tangled web of online advertising.
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