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By Laura Rohde and Peter Sayer News Service
The folks at Google Inc are used to searching the wide Web world But when they announced a new free email service that scans users email text so that relevant advertising can be inserted into the messages it was users from all over the world who came looking for Google
What sounded like a good idea to Googles leaders and may still turn out to be a valuable advertising vehicle brought howls of protest from consumer privacy and civil liberties groups in Europe and the United States urging Google to rethink its proposed service called Gmail...
On eve of IPO, Google gets earful on Gmail plan news
What sounded like a good idea to Googles leaders and may still turn out to be a valuable advertising vehicle brought howls of protest from consumer privacy and civil liberties groups in Europe and the United States urging Google to rethink its proposed service called Gmail
Google announced Gmail April 1 and cited it as an asset in the companys filing April 29 Gmail as planned is a free Webbased email service similar to Microsoft Corps Hotmail and Yahoo Incs Yahoo Mail though Gmails 1 of storage is much more than these other popular free services offer...
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While professing admiration for Google vice president Yusuf Mehdi said last week that he saw ample opportunity to battle the upstart search king
Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investment conference Mehdi lavished praise on Google for rethinking Internet search and giving users a simple fast interface while maintaining a nimble and innovative corporate culture
Theyve got that great focus on the customer experience which I admire and I think respect he said
Yet
Mehdi said Google would face pressure from shareholders and internally as it expands beyond Web search into email social networking and other areas...
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Calls to Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters jumped 50 percent when the companys Web site httpwwwflyfishingoutfitterscom popped up on search engines In online searches for fishing destinations Lelands travel program appeared among the top results boosting inquiries to the San Franciscobased fly fishing company
Mac McConnell at Leland says the increased interest was the result of utilizing a growing trend in online marketing called search engine optimization or The technique helps Web pages rank higher among results on search engines like Google Yahoo and
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