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• Google Invites World To Map Holiday Photos & Videos
  The Official Google Blog (and Google LatLong Blog) announced a public map where users around the world are invited to add their holiday photos and videos. Here is the map: View Larger Map...
• Keeping It Private On Google Reader
  Almost two weeks ago, I wrote my Google Reader Gets Social With Friends Shared Items post detailing how disturbing it was that Google Reader was now sharing items with people it considered my friends, on an opt-out basis. Privacy concerns over this finally exploded this week, with Google Reader...
• Scoop: Google Responds To Rep. Joe Barton's 24 Privacy Questions
  As we covered earlier, US Representative Joe Barton sent Google a letter with 24 questions relating to privacy -- along with a week to answer them. I was annoyed that some seemed basic and already answered in a way that one of his interns could easily uncover. But Google's now...
• Get Your Sphinn Google Gadget
  Patrick Sexton at SEOish created a Sphinn Google Gadget that you can add to your Google Personalized Home page. The Sphinn Google Gadget displays the most recent hot items at Sphinn, the what's new items, and also the most recent comments. To add the Sphinn Google Gadget to your Google...
• Google To Sign Deal With Japan's Largest Mobile Operator, NTT DoCoMo
  Via TechCrunch, Japan's NTT DoCoMo to tie up with Google-sources from Reuters TechCrunch reports that Google is set to close a deal with NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile phone operator. The deal will make Google search the default search service for NTT DoCoMo's 48 million customers. In addition, Google Apps...
• US Appeals Court Give Google AdSense Patent Victory But Autolink Still Under Question
  U.S. appeals court hands Google patent case setback from Reuters reports a US appeals court has partially overturned the initial ruling in Google favor in a patent infringement case filed by Hyperphrase Technologies, LLC. The court supported the initial ruling that AdSense did not infringe on Hyperphrase patents, but it...
• Chinese Court Dismisses Guge Vs. Google Case
  Lawsuit Over Google's Chinese Name Dismissed from Pacific Epoch reports a Chinese court has dismissed the Guge and Google case, which began earlier this month. The Haidian People's Court in Beijing dismissed the case today. It was dismissed because Google used "Gu Ge" on April 12, 2006, which was seven...
• Webmaster Support Forum For Christmas (& All Year Round) From The Search Engines
  Last year on Christmas Day, Barry reported over at Search Engine Roundtable how Adam Lasnik and I spent a bit of time answering questions on the Google Webmaster Central forums. This year, Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller keeps up the tradition. In the spirit of the season, I thought...
• Google News Adds US Elections Section
  The Google News Blog announced they have set up a special section for 2008 US presidential elections. The elections area is featured on the home page, and there is now a link to "Elections" on the left hand side navigation. In addition to the Elections section on Google News, a...
• Search Wikia Launches In 2007 With Private Beta
  Wikia Search Launches Private Beta; Public Launch On January 7 from TechCrunch has an email sent to a limited number of beta testers, announcing that Search Wikia has launched. Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia and driving force behind Search Wikia, said in the email that Search Wikia is "going to...
• Coming Soon To Walmart: Off The Shelf SEM Services?
  Next time you're doing the aisles at Walmart-owned Sam's Club, perhaps you'll see a package for SEM services on the shelf next to 40 packs of razor blades and 12 cans of tuna. Karl points out that Sam's Club is now pitching "SEM" online, at least what seems to be...