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New from LLRX – Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2013
Via LLRX.com – Marcus P. Zillman’s new research focuses on Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2013, comprising in the vicinity of 1 trillion pages of information located in various files and formats that the current search engines cannot find, or have difficulty accessing. Some of the more comprehensive search engines have written algorithms to …
FTC and Google Settlement Reporting in the Works
POLITICO: “Federal regulators may end a two-year antitrust probe of Googles search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites and letting search ad campaigns be easily ported to rival search services, two sources with knowledge of the case told POLITICO. The FTC …
Bloomberg – Google Using Bermuda as $10B Tax Shelter
Bloomberg: “Google Inc. avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company, almost double the total from three years before, filings show. By legally funneling profits from overseas subsidiaries into Bermuda, which doesnt have a corporate income tax, Google cut its overall tax …
Bing – Find Famous People and Places in a Snap
The Bing Team: “In May, Bing launched a new three column look, which was designed to fundamentally change how you interact with search to help you do more. One of the key elements of the new search experience is the middle column, which we refer to as snapshot. With snapshot, Bing brings relevant information and …
Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine (beta)
“The Open-i project aims to provide next generation information retrieval services for biomedical articles from the full text collections such as PubMed Central. It is unique in its ability to index both the text and images in the articles. The article retrieval is powered by Essie (the search engine that supports ClinicalTrials.gov). Open-i lets users …
Europe PubMed Central – unique, free, information resource for biomedical and health researchers
“Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) offers free access to biomedical literature resources including: PubMed abstracts (about 22 million) Europe PMC full text articles (about 2.2 million, of which over 400,000 are Open Access) Patent abstracts (over 4 million European, US, and International) National Health Service (NHS) clinical guidelines Agricola records (500,000) Supplemented with Chinese Biological …
Look up medications more quickly and easily on Google
Official Google Search Blog: “We get a lot of queries for medicine on Google. So to make it quick and easy for you to learn about medications, well start showing key facts — side effects, related medications, links to in-depth resources, and more — right on the search results page. This data comes from the …
Google FAQ – Keywords and search queries
“One of the best ways to ensure that your site appears for particular user queries is to make sure that your article naturally contains the words, names, and figures that are central to a particular news story. If you create an information-rich site that clearly and accurately describes your topic, you will improve your chances …
Statement by FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director On Judges Approval of Google Safari Settlement
News release: “Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection Director David Vladeck issued the following statement regarding a federal judges approval of the FTC proposed order and $22.5 million civil penalty settling charges that Google misrepresented privacy assurances to users of Apples Safari Internet browser in violation of a previous FTC settlement Order: The courts …
EFF – Google Transparency Report Shows Rising Trend of Government Surveillance
EFF: “Each year, Google receives thousands of demands from governments around the world seeking information about its users. People who use any of the search engine giants free online services such as Gmail, YouTube, Google+ or Blogger leave digital footprints behind, and information relating to their accounts is increasingly sought out by law …
