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Only 1 in 6 users of internet search engines can tell the difference between unbiased search results and paid advertisements a new survey finds Though it polled only adults the surveys results underscore the need for educators to teach their students how to understand and evaluate carefully the information they find onlineparticularly as todays generation of students increasingly turn to the web as their primary research tool
The Pew Internet and American Life Project reported on Jan 23 that internet users in the United States are generally naive when it comes to how search engines work...
Google Guns It
Who is it who said history repeats itself While thats only true once in a while it happens often enough to make you wonder Over the last week Microsoft announced that it will be raising the bar in its ongoing productadvancementneutral efforts to prevent piracy of its established products like Windows In its effort to extract every dime from customers who have already put up with a lot of grief just for being Windows users Microsoft will be asking them to jump through a new authentication hoop before theyll be allowed to download security patches via Windows Update for the widespread operating system...
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engine marketing shifts to the international stage even while opportunity still abounds in the United States its helpful to hear from professionals in the trenches around the world This week and next youll meet several such experts
To start well hear from Europe with Asia due next week The week after well analyze all the responses There are many more people and nations Im eager to include so if it interests you send a line and perhaps there will be sequels down the road...
Amazon's search tool lets users 'stroll' city streets
California Reuters Amazoncom Inc launched a local Internet search service on Wednesday that allows users to virtually walk streets and see photos of businesses a move that could help it better compete with established search providers such as Google Inc
The local Yellow Pages service from Amazon unit A9com Inc marks the first major addition to the A9 search engine launched in September
Other Internet search companies such as Google Yahoo Inc and Ask Jeeves Inc have already rolled out local search services as a way to boost advertising revenues traffic and market share...