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Google cranks up the Consensus Engine • The Register
theregister.co.uk - 12/14/2008
Google cranks up the Consensus Engine • The Register
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Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears in its search results. It's a historic statement - and nobody has yet grasped its significance. Not so very long ago, Google disclaimed responsibility for its search results by explaining that these were chosen by a ...
Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web
online.wsj.com - 12/15/2008
Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web
— online.wsj.com — VISHESH KUMAR and CHRISTOPHER RHOADS The celebrated openness of the Internet -- network providers are not supposed... to give preferential treatment to any traffic -- is quietly losing powerful defenders. Google Inc. has approached major cable and phone ... (more) Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web

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gigaom.com - 12/15/2008
Google Turns Its Back on Network Neutrality [GigaOM]
— gigaom.com — The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long a network neutrality champion, is looking to cut deals... with broadband providers — both cable and phone companies — to get faster access for its own content. The Journal claims it has seen documents ... (more) Google Turns Its Back on Network Neutrality [GigaOM]

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bennett.com - 12/15/2008
Google Gambles in Casablanca
— bennett.com — I'm shocked. Google has been caught red-handed negotiating deals with ISPs to host servers inside the building,... just like Akamai does. The semi-technical press thinks this is some sort of a game-changing event: The celebrated openness of the Internet ... (more) Google Gambles in Casablanca

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And here you thought Google didn't tweek their search results
PalmAddicts — ... a key role in Google searches." She went on to note that in the future, some of these search result changes will be obvious. So, who's running the show as we make our inquiries? What's the goal of those with their hands on the tiller? Does the consumer get to know the politics and worldview of the deciders at Mountain View? Is this for real or merely a bonanza of info for the tinfoil hat brigade? Grab a coffee, and while you sip check out the entire article in the Register by Andrew Orlowski. ...

Does it matter if Google's search results are fixed?
Technically Incorrect — The fools, usually, are us. We, the people, who switch off our critical faculties and happily barter our trust for the joy of convenience. So will we ever make the effort to even raise an eyebrow when we read "Google this week admitted that its staff pick and choose what appears in its search results"? These words, from the Register's Andrew Orlovski, ought surely to give one or two people pause for a small grunt of concern. As Mr. Orlovski points out, Google News expressly declares that "the selection and placement of stories on this page ...

Register's Googlewashing Story Overblown
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. — ... rising to Andrew Orlowski's classic bit of yellow journalism (or trolling, as it's more often referred to today), Google Cranks Up the Consensus Engine. If so many other people weren't taking it seriously, I'd just ignore it. (I just picked this story up via ...

Are Obama, Google and even Larry Lessig weakening support of Net Neutrality?
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... And speaking of endangered faith: Google now admits that humans play more of a role in search results that some of the company’s boosters previously thought. ...

Are Google, Lessig and Obama weakening support of Net Neutrality? And how about the e-book angles?
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... And speaking of endangered faith: Google now admits that humans play more of a role in search results that some of the company’s boosters previously thought. ...

Are Google, Lessig and Obama weakening support of Net Neutrality? And how about the e-book angles?
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... And speaking of endangered faith: Google now admits that humans play more of a role in search results that some of the company’s boosters previously thought. ...

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