Category Archives: Google

Google to Hand Over Your IP Address and Data to Viacom

My longer post on how to protect yourself against Google is coming soon, but in the meantime here is another article about Google and privacy:

Google and Privacy in the News

As promised, I have one more longer post about Google and privacy risks coming soon.
In the meantime, here are some recent related news items about technology and privacy:

Why Is Google Still Indexing Feeds?

Why is Google still indexing feeds, especially URLs that do a 301 redirect?

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Google

Non-profits should be especially wary about using Google Apps.

Glaring Omission from Google’s Cloaking Examples

I was reading through Google’s Webmaster Guidelines for the section that said, “do not cloak your site by giving search engines text content but giving users a login screen.” I wanted to give someone a definitive answer on why they could not cloak their content by presenting a login screen to human visitors. […]

How Long Does It Take For a Google Reinclusion Request?

As mentioned on the 20th, PocketSEO.com was hacked and penalized by Google. I submitted a reinclusion request the same day that I discovered the problem.
Today is the first day that the site is coming back in Google’s rankings (8 days). I don’t think that Google has followed up on the reinclusion request. […]

WordPress, Google Groups, Porn Spam and Malware Distribution

Google Groups attacked by porn and malware spammers.

New Google Home Page?

A new look for Google’s homepage?

RSS/ATOM Feeds Still in Google SERPs

Google is still indexing XML newsfeeds in the SERPs.

How to Get Indexed by Google in Under 10 Minutes

A technique for super-fast indexing by Google.