What the ‘Global Spanish’ problem means for AI search visibility
AI models collapse Spanish-speaking markets into one, mixing countries, regulations, and context into answers that don’t hold up in practice.
Topic: Social Security number
Suspended Google Ads advertisers may be required to pass advertiser verification
This policy kicks in on October 10, 2023 and will impact some advertisers.
How infinite scroll will affect your ad metrics; Monday’s daily brief
Plus, we’re all hackers now!
Google now removing medical records from its search results
Google's content removal policy has been updated to include medical records. This goes on a very short list of content that Google will remove from search.
Google receives search warrant for identities of everyone who searched crime victim’s name
If this overly broad warrant were duplicated in other jurisdictions, local law enforcement might use Google as a first stop in their investigations.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 7, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Sublinks As Sub Listings Being Tested This morning, I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that Google was testing some type of sublink to the search results, to show additional […]
Real Estate Search Engine Zillow Opens “Mortgage Marketplace”
Zillow doesn’t see itself as a real estate “vertical.” Instead, it regards itself as a media company that creates advertising opportunities around what is arguably the most significant “life events” purchase: buying a home. In that spirit, the company is developing numerous interesting marketing vehicles aimed at consumers in all phases of home buying (and […]
Google Wins Upside Down Social Security Number Privacy Lawsuit
Eric Goldman reports Google has won the Jayne v. Google Founders lawsuit (PDF). The suit was filed by Dylan Stephen Jayne against Google for $5 billion. Jayne claimed when you turn his social security number upside down, it spelled Google. In any event, a United States court of appeals for the third circuit dismissed Jayne’s […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 21, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
How Do You Spell Google? Man Files Suit Saying It’s His Social Security Number, Upside Down
Google sued for ‘crimes against humanity’ from the Register reports a man named Dylan Stephen Jayne sued Google for $5 billion. The crime? That his social security number, when turned upside down, spells the name Google.