Stephen E. Arnold: Google Corruption Goes Vertical — Google Search Integrity Score Now at 15% and Dropping

Organic Results on Google a Shrinking Commodity Posted: 09 Aug 2013 07:52 PM PDT The free ride is over. Google seems to have decided it is time to make the most of AdWords, the Tutorspree Blog illustrates in, “How Google is Killing Organic Search.” The post begins by praising the Google of the past which, …

Stephen E. Arnold: Google Bribes AdBlock To Not Be Blocked….

Google Pays AdBlock Enough Said Posted: 11 Aug 2013 04:59 PM PDT Pulling from the German Web site Horizont comes an interesting insight into Google’s dealings with AdBlock: “Google Is Funding AdBlock Plus.” AdBlock is a plugin users can download to block ads on their Internet browsers, but it still allows ads through that it …

Tom Atlee: Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence

Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence What this post is about:  Society’s collective intelligence needs to be able to see clearly what’s going on and take action about it.  Both NSA surveillance and corporate suppression of activism interfere with that vital dynamic.  This post clarifies what’s going on in these dynamics and suggests strategies …

Berto Jongman: NSA, Snowden, Suspended Beliefs (Pun), and the Sad Spectacle of Michael Hayden

Jennifer Hoelzer’s Insider’s View Of The Administration’s Response To NSA Surveillance Leaks from the and-also-the-favorites-of-the-week dept In a bit of fortuitous timing, this week we had asked former deputy chief of staff for Ron Wyden, Jennifer Hoelzer, to do our weekly “Techdirt Favorites of the Week” post, in which we have someone from the wider …

Stephen E. Arnold: What Jeff Bezos Will NOT Do with the Washington Post…

The Price of News: The Post Deal I have been following the flood of information about Jeff Bezos’ apparent purchase of the The Washington Post. I use the word “apparent” because it is not clear if Mr. Bezos or Nash Holdings LLC bought the newspaper. For the purpose of this Beyond Search item, let’s assume …

John Lievens: What’s Next for the Sharing Movement?

Peers will build on key aspects of the movement that Shareable, as a pioneering sharing movement organization, helped shape. Peers’ mission is to make sharing the defining economic activity of our time. They will do this through grassroots campaigns to make sharing more visible, grow the number of sharers, and legalize sharing. What’s Next for …