Is it time we call Google the biggest SERP spammer on the net? Awe c'mon the top 12 serp links are all Google self-referential universal Google search spam! "I get the feeling im messing round chasing my tail rather than being an online trader."

"...the intelligence community and Google have funded the same startup, at the same time. No one is accusing Google of directly collaborating with the CIA. But the investments are bound to be fodder for critics of Google, who already see the search giant as overly cozy with the U.S. government, and worry that the company is starting to forget its “don’t be evil” mantra."

"if you're uploading a video that was previously rejected for being too long, you'll have to go into 'My Videos' and delete it before attempting to upload it again."

"Facebook Questions is available to a limited number of people right now..."

"On the basis of the samples we saw, we are satisfied so far that it is unlikely that Google will have captured significant amounts of personal data."

"Here's a short list of tricks I've been using to help canonicalize my dynamic site better to undo all the damage scraper sites cause by mucking up URLs with parameters."(-subscription required)

"People who use Facebook own their information and have the right to share only what they want, with whom they want, and when they want,"

When asked if Google's service might resemble Facebook's, Mr. Schmidt said "the world doesn't need a copy of the same thing."

"The report looked for the first time at how mobile networks are holding up in the face of greater demand for data on the move."

"Unicorn combines a number of popular tools in a single, easy interface, including the Markup validator, CSS validator, mobileOk checker, and Feed validator,..."

"We added implicit triggering, which means you can simply search for [flummox] and find the definition, you don't have to search for [define flummox] or [what is flummox]."

"If the answer is yes, do they age like a fine wine, getting better and better as time goes on?"

"Google's search revenue growth continues to slow down as the Western search market reaches maturity and Google struggles to gain share in the fastest-growing Asian markets,"

The Google Japan blog confirms that Yahoo! Japan will license Google search technology.

Launching a new version of an old domain - but changing the URLs? Learn what should be on your pre-launch checklist so you can avoid major traffic disruption after launch.

Real world steps that can help get you that domain that you just gotta have. (-subscription required)

"After many months i was checking my adsense stats and in the report i found many sites that I do not own."

"I hold that Baidu has alleged sufficient facts in its complaint to give rise to a plausible claim of gross negligence or recklessness,"

According to Jeremiah Grossman, a malicious website can apparently uncover a Safari user's name, work place, city, state, and email address by hacking into the auto-complete file.

New Google Forum: "Often, all it takes to get a higher ranking page to drop some pr is getting one or two of their backlinks removed. Here are a couple of games they are playing...The Trademark Ploy... The Google Spoof Email: 'You are linking to a site that has been identified as a malware host. Your listing in Google will be removed.'" (-subscription required)

"Here's a recipe you can use to get traffic and leads from twitter "on demand".(-subscription required)

New Google Forum: "When Mayday first dropped on us, there was a sudden INCREASE in rankings for mash-up sites. You can see examples of what I'm talking about at... Just a mish-mash of content and words that help the page rank well. I see such absurd automated content... and still the page outranks the Siemens website for some long tail searches!" (-Subscription Required)

New Google Forum: Which domain is the real domain? "...Goodbye to both yours and the attacker domains from and the #2 website is elevated under some cherry keywords and the old #1 is gone." (-subscription required)

"During this testing phase, it's important to look at how your site is showing up in search results on Yahoo! and Bing today,..."

New Google Forum: "The solution isn't simple, it will take time to build, but "deep external link checking" must be done to fully identify bad external links."(-subscription required)