Stephen E. Arnold: Elsevier Threatened by Google Patent Search

Google Patent Search: Wake Up Call EXTRACT Patent searches conducted on the for fee services from Thomson Reuters and Reed Elsevier can be expensive. There are also some useful “free” services such as FreePatentsOnline.com.   . . .   In short, the Google may be looking at the hundreds of millions of revenue available from those with …

Stephen E. Arnold: FTC Finds Google Harms Rivals by Manipulating Search Results, Recommends Lawsuit — Not Under Obama-Biden!

Google Altered Search Results?! If you know anything about search results, search engine optimization, and search algorithms, you probably wondered if Google ever changed its search results so they would be favor one search result over another.  Google already alters results with Google AdWords, the Right to Forgotten, and removing results if they break rules. …

Robin Good: Google is Neither Trusted Nor Relevant –Human Curation Still the Best

You Can Be a Trusted Guide To The Most Relevant Information Online: Not Google Matt Rosoff writes on Business Insider UK: “A lot of people think Google Search is like a map: An objective guide to the best and most important material on the internet. It’s not. Google Search is the most important product of a …

Michael Kearns: Google in Charge of Truth?

In charge of truth? Google considers ranking sites on facts, not popularity Google is considering putting itself in charge of online truth, in order to assist users in an age of information overload. The web giant would rank search results based on each site’s ‘truth score’ instead of its popularity level. Read more.