Thou Shalt Not Steal ... Original Content

The November 2010 meltdown and subsequent demise of Cooks Source over accusations of plagiarism is just one example of what happens when Internet copyright infringement is brought to light. Even China, notorious for lax enforcement of intellectual property laws, currently has a major infringement case before its supreme court.

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New Search Features on Google

This week, after Google's Searchology conference, Google launched some new interesting search features to improve usability and search on the web.

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Global Google and My Google Beach Towel

I too am an avid Googler. Both in the office and out. In fact, it’s never more evident than in the summer when I’m darting to a postage stamp size spot of unoccupied sand on our yearly family beach trip with my oversized Google beach towel tucked proudly into my beach bag. In fact, if my memory serves correctly, just last summer I arrogantly proclaimed my beach towel to be the coolest one around. Well, cool at least for the over 30 crowd who likes to spend their free time figuring out how to please the search engine gods. Bottom line though, I use Google all the time for every search.

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Yahoo! More Popular Than Google, Google More Highly Trafficked

According to an American Customer Satisfaction Index report in 2007, Yahoo! is a more popular search engine than Google, despite Google’s continued domination in terms of sheer number of searches. (Nielsen NetRatings from 2006 indicate that 49.2% of searches occurred in Google as opposed to 23.8% in Yahoo.) So it seems that even though people may prefer Yahoo!, far more actually use Google.

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WWGD?

One of the biggest corporate success stories of the last decade, Google has dominated its industry. So what’s the secret? Why Google? And how? Jeff Jarvis, in his new book, What Would Google Do? takes an in-depth look at the giant and how its overwhelming success can be implemented by the rest of us. He explains that today, faced with any challenge, it might behoove us to ask, “What would Google do?”

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Google's Solution to Duplicate Content Sparks Debate at SES London

Google’s February 12th announcement of the new ‘rel=“canonical”’ tag as a simple solution to duplicate content woes sparked heated debate at SES London the following week.

Just five days after the announcement, presenters and attendees alike had already formed strongly opposing views on the new tag and its functionality. Some see it as a beneficial quick fix while others see it as a veil over bigger problems. Below is a rundown of the argument against the use of the new tag. But first, what exactly is the ‘rel=”canonical”’ tag?

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