Highly public position allegedly caused confusion with readers who attributed his personal views to be Google's opinions. read more

How major Internet players follow their users and utilize their activity became the focus of a letter of inquiry sent by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to a number of companies.read more

Well-respected search pundit Danny Sullivan put the newly-launched Google Knol to the test, to see if contributed pages found their way into a top-ten placement in Google's search results. read more

A first glance at a comparison of social networks today - Facebook and LinkedIn - appeared to show Facebook losing its young college audience. read more

One word may have two different meanings, depending on the context of their usage. Yahoo hopes to find the key in search that enables its engine to understand the difference. read more

New criteria for restricting the scope of what the US Patent Office considers patent-worthy poses a threat to numerous software patents, including Google's famed PageRank. read more

The use of competitor keywords had American flying into the courtroom, but both sides taxied out with a quiet and confidential settlement. read more

The search advertising company rolled out a new campaign type for their advertisers, one that places keyword and placement targeting in one interface. read more

The litigant sought class action status for his lawsuit after an investment of $136.11 failed to bring him conversions from parked domains. read more

New York City publication Newsday saw its PageRank drop from 8 to 5 after Google took offense at the paper's linking practice. read more

Game maker Konami wants to stop Viacom's Harmonix from selling the highly popular Rock Band simulation game and instruments due to alleged patent infringements. read more

Content analysis and Sitemap detail debuted as new features available on Google's Webmaster Central. Ever since we first chatted with now-former Googler Vanessa Fox about webmaster tools, Google has released new capabilities for those on a fairly regular schedule. That routine notched another mark with the debut of content analysis and sitemap details from Google Webmaster Tools. Jonathan Simon described these at the Webmaster Central blog. Content analysis looks at three main categories: title tag ...