Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Google Censhorship
Google Inc states they do not censor sites, thus not remove JewWatch.com. However they do admit to censor what is illegal. In German Google, JewWatch.com is completely removed from the listings. Compare the following two:
www.google.com/search?q=site:jewwatch.com
www.google.de/search?q=site:jewwatch.com
What this boils down to is that Google Inc will censor whatever a state decides to censor (i.e., make illegal according to the country’s law – in Germany, certain hate web sites are illegal). As long as US-law allows free speech online I can just go to Google.com to prevent such censorship... which is one reason I never use Google.de, even though I’m from Germany.
SEO and Accessibility
Carmen Mardiros emailed me about her work:
“[’Search Engine Optimisation - A Positive Influence on Web Accessibility’] intends to show how search engines, through their algorithms, and search engine optimisation, as a popular marketing technique, have led to a growing interest in making web content more accessible. This paper will also raise awareness among the search engine optimisation (SEO) community of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines published by the W3C.”
– Carmen Mardiros, Search Engine Optimisation and Accessibility (Bigmouthmedia)
On a related note, see my previous HTML, XHTML, CSS and SEO Purism
Kevin Fox on Gmail Privacy
Kevin Fox compares what you are required to supply before you successfully created a Yahoo, Hotmail, or Gmail account. Here’s his list:
| Yahoo | Hotmail | Gmail |
|---|---|---|
|
* First Name * Last Name * Zip code * Gender * Industry * Job Title * Specialization * Birth Date [] Send me special offers from selected Yahoo! partners (checked by default) |
* First Name * Last Name * Language * Country * State * Zip Code * Time Zone * Gender * Birth Date * Occupation [] which of 40 newsletters you want to receive in your inbox [] which of 55 topics interst you, so that ’featured offers’ from Hotmail partners can be delivered into your inbox |
* First Name * Last Name |
As for Gmail ads and user privacy, Kevin adds:
“[The] information used to deliver a targeted ad in Gmail exists only as long as it takes to serve the ad. After that it’s gone. It isn’t tied to your account, and doesn’t even exist beyond the tenth of a second it takes to display the ad”
--Kevin Fox, Fury.com comments
Blocking Gmail
Gary emailed me about his latest Gmail post: “A California State Senator has told Reuters that she’s writing legislation to block Google’s new email service.” See Senator Figueroa’s press release (“G-Mail Is a ’Misbegotten’ Idea”).
Google Groups Archive
Gadgetopia points to this interesting 20 Year Archive on Google Groups. In another post, Gadgetopia ponders that not only will the one signing up for Gmail agree to its privacy policy, but also all of the Gmailer’s friends who’ll send in email.
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