Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Google News
" We're taking Google News out of beta! When we launched the English-language edition in September 2002, we entered untested waters with a grand experiment in news browsing - using computers to organize the world's news in real time and providing a bird's eye view of what's being reported on virtually any topic. By presenting news "clusters" (related articles in a group), we thought it would encourage readers to get a broader perspective by digging deeper into the news -- reading ten articles instead of one, perhaps -- and then gain a better understanding of the issues, which could ultimately benefit society. A bit more than three years later, we offer 22 regional editions in 10 languages, and have a better sense of how people use Google News.
We've certainly gotten a lot of feedback from both readers and editors. For example, readers told us they loved the news clusters but they didn't want press releases on the home page (although they are still useful to have in the search results). A major area we wanted to address was personalization. We offered email alerts, as well as the ability for users to create a personalized page, but many users don't have the time to specify exactly what they want. So today we're adding a way to automatically recommend stories for users with Personalized Search ..."
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/and-now-news.html
We've certainly gotten a lot of feedback from both readers and editors. For example, readers told us they loved the news clusters but they didn't want press releases on the home page (although they are still useful to have in the search results). A major area we wanted to address was personalization. We offered email alerts, as well as the ability for users to create a personalized page, but many users don't have the time to specify exactly what they want. So today we're adding a way to automatically recommend stories for users with Personalized Search ..."
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/and-now-news.html
Google Says No to QOS Fees
" Google said Thursday it would not pay telephone or cable companies QOS fees in exchange for priority treatment on the operators broadband networks. (See Net Neutrality Goes to Washington.)
Google is not discussing sharing of the costs of broadband networks with any carrier, writes Google spokesman Barry Schnitt in an email to Light Reading. (See QOS Fees Could Change Everything ... "
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=87230&WT.svl=news2_3
Google is not discussing sharing of the costs of broadband networks with any carrier, writes Google spokesman Barry Schnitt in an email to Light Reading. (See QOS Fees Could Change Everything ... "
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=87230&WT.svl=news2_3