A recent article on Search Engine Watch asks whether or not keyword tracking of Google search terms could predict who the next US president will be. The article looks at some regional and candidate name searches from Google Trends to get some insight into who the next president may be. So who will the next […]
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Internet statistics show that people “Google” a person’s name around 50 million times per day. Atlanta resident Brandyn Briley is a frequent “Googler”. She uses various web search engines like Google and Yahoo to lookup information on potential clients, her children and even herself. Web 2.0 sites like Naymz.com and Ziggs.com now give people like […]
Filmmaker Jim Killeen is the producer of a new documentary film called Google Me. Most people have googled their names, but how many people go to the extreme of actually meeting their “google twins”? That’s the whole idea behind Google Me. In the video below News.com reporter Kara Tsuboi interviews Jim Killeen and learns about […]
The UK’s Times Online is reporting that the CIA is using servers equipped with Google search engine technology to share information gathered on suspects. US government agencies like the National Security Agency have purchased servers loaded with Google search technology to process information gathered by their network of spies around the world. Google also provides […]
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“Google hacking” is a term used to describe the use of specialized Google search queries along with advanced Google operators to find network security holes on websites and computer networks as well as personal information on people that the Google search engine has indexed. The webmasters and IT professionals that overlook these security vulnerabilities and […]