Cathy wrote:

I came across this post Friday.

Would anyone care to comment?

This is the latest news as of February 26th.

"Company fights back after EC announces inquiry Google has countered the investigation by the European Commission into its business practices by offering a general explanation of how it ranks its search results."

I'll post more if I find anything else out.

This one's for Donald, I know he is reading.

"Evidently, Baidu isnt nearly as effective an academic research tool as Google , because the latters threatened withdrawal from China has got the countrys scientists pretty worried. A survey of 784 Chinese scientists by the journal Nature, found that many feel the search engine is indispensable to their work, particularly if it requires English-language ..."

Google has explained the way its search results are ranked following increasing scrutiny from regulators concerning its dominant market position.

"An Italian judge has convicted three Google employees for failing to block an offensive video from being posted online -- a move critics warn violates the very principles of Internet freedom"

From WWW.TIME.COM

Google has offered a general explanation of how it ranks its search results, one day after the European Commission said it was looking into antitrust complaints against the company.

Chad told me about this - "Even before three current and former Google executives were convicted of violating Italian privacy laws, it became clear that the case was a double-edged sword."

"( FT ) -- Google on Thursday mounted a renewed defence of the way it ranks search results, as fresh questions emerged about its practice of sometimes manually intervening to override its automated ranking system."

From WWW.CNN.COM

My sister told me about this.