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Google's Blogspot is 3/4 Spam


From the we-could-have-told-you-that department. An article released Monday by PC World says as many as 3 out of 4 Blogspot blogs are actually Splogs -- a slang term for Spam blogs which exist only to swindle click-through ad dollars.

According to the PC World story, "Three out of every four unique Blogspot.com URLs that appeared in the top 50 results for commercial queries were spam"

Some days you have to ask yourself, why does Google continue to let these situations run wild? It's so circular; Splogs wind up clogging search results, which cause advertisers -- even those using Google's own Adsense -- to spend money on clicks they could have earned themselves, if only they didn't have to compete for search rankings with all the splogs. Oh, wait.. I think we just found the reason.

Filed under: Finance, Internet, Web services, Google

Google Maps Coupons

google couponIt appears as though Google is launching printable coupons available to consumers though Google Maps.

When users are searching locations on Google Maps, they will see coupons for over 12,000 advertisers that are offering printable coupons from Valpak, a direct mail provider. A search for "Great Jones Spa" was done by Mike Pegg, which netted a result in Google Maps that displayed the address, along with a link for "Coupons". Upon clicking on the Coupons link, we were presented with two printable coupons with a "good until" date. This is another way Google is bridging the gap between online offline materials. We'll have to wait and see how successful this turns out to be, but it looks like it could be a nice added touch to Google AdWords.

[via Mike Pegg]

Filed under: Business, Google

Google is getting some tax breaks in Ann Arbor

google ann arbour michiganGoogle is in the midst of securing some tax breaks for its new facility in Ann Arbor Michigan. Google has been working on trying to secure a reduction in tax for a number of choice real estate areas in which it hopes to build its massive facility.

Google plans on having close to 1000 new employees for the new facility that will be working on Google Adwords related projects.

Filed under: News, Google

Google set to open facility in Ann Arbor

google ann arbor michaganReports have surfaced that Google plans to open up a Google AdWords headquarters in Ann Arbor Michigan. Hiring close to 1000 individuals to oversee the main hub for Google's driving revenue source.

Google has already started posting positions for the AdWords headquarters on is HR pages. With the current category being Operations and IT. At the current time of posting, Google had two openings posted. One for Book Search Operations Supervisor and one for Book Search Operations Technician. Not sure how these fit into AdWords, but I guess Google could be running some smaller localized search divisions out of the AdWords HQ.

Google's new facility in Ann Arbor is sure to help out Michigan's slower economy, and give it a nice refreshing boost, and renewed rejuvenation. Google sought out this facility in Michigan due to the talent that was coming out of local Michigan Universities. As an incentive package, the State of Michigan is offering Google $38 million in tax breaks over 20 years for the development of its facility, with Google's expectations that the office be up and running by fall 2006. 

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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