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[2004-09-21] German Court Rejects Google Lawsuit
A court in Hamburg, Germany has thrown out a lawsuit against Google concerning trademark infringement. A German company brought the suit against the search engine because they felt Google was selling ads that featured their trademark.
[2004-09-21] Google Toolbar Contains Input Validation Vulnerability
A security flaw has been discovered within the Google Toolbar that will allow the execution of scripts, malicious or otherwise. According to articles that appeared in SecurityTracker.com and SecurityFocus.com, the exploit allows HTML and script interjection through the Google Toolbar page, About.html.
[2004-09-15] Dogpile Becomes WebFetch
Because of the linguistic implications, Meta search engine Dogpile has decided to change their name to WebFetch. This change is intended for the company's European and UK search sites.
[2004-09-13] AOL To Introduce Comparison Shopping Site
America Online is preparing to introduce a Yahoo or Froogle-like shopping web presence that will allow users to search and compare desired products. The site, called In-Store.com, is scheduled for launch next Monday (September 20, 2004).
[2004-09-13] Phishing For Gmail Accounts
It appears that there is a possible malicious email appearing in Gmail inboxes disguised as an invitation announcement. The mailing claims to be from the Gmail team and it "informs" the user that they have more invitations that can be given out.
[2004-09-07] Rising Keyword Expenses Reducing Profitability
The cheap keyword prices found by search engine advertising's early adopters are disappearing, which is making the great early returns on investment harder to find. Profitability, in the eyes of one Internet expert, will now come only with a little creativity.
[2004-09-07] Picasa Ads Appearing On Google Image Search Results
Ever since Google acquired the rights to Picasa, they have put a large effort into featuring the photo software company on their own pages, much like advertisements. When the search engine first featured a link for the digital photo utility, traffic to Picasa increased by 6000%.
[2004-09-07] Overture Germany Introduces Budget Smoothing
Beginning in October, Overture Germany will begin use of an account control feature called Budget Smoothing. Serving as a spending limit option, Budget Smoothing allows Overture to control the amount of appearances member listings make, depending on their daily budget.
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