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ISP Hijacks Google Homepage

Controversy is brewing over a Canadian ISP inserting customer messages at the top Google's homepage, brought to you by Yahoo.

Experts Say ACAP Specs Not Up To Snuff

Publishers have come together to develop the Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP), a technical standard intended to dictate to search engines what they can index and what they can't. One problem, though, as more technical minds have noted, is that the standard isn't quite technical enough.

Google Talk Gadget Learns More Languages

Some announcements are surprising, while others are expected.  This is neither; although we didn’t know it was going to happen, it’s actually quite logical that the Google Talk Gadget would gain support for 19 more languages.

MSNBC Adopts Adaptable Homepage

A proper news site is mostly about function; people want information, not artwork.  But appearances play a major role in a site’s appeal and accessibility, and an interesting approach to an MSNBC redesign aims to take all these things into account.

Google China May Get New Homepage

China is the world’s most populous country, so, from a business perspective, pulling out all the stops to impress its citizens makes sense.  And that’s exactly what Google’s doing, as a possible new homepage has come to light.

Yahoo! Shares Links, Adds More Value To Its Homepage

Erick Schonfeld writes that, "visitors to Yahoo's homepage will start to see links going to blogs and media sites that don't have a syndication deal with Yahoo."

YouTube: Broadcast Your Porn

You may have noticed a newer feature on YouTube, right at the top of the homepage, called "Videos being watched right now…." If you were checking out that feature around 11:00 this morning, you would have noticed people were watching porn.

Google Homepage Loses Color In San Francisco

On Saturday night, parts of San Francisco went dark, and it was to some degree Google’s fault.  Google deserves credit, and not blame, for this occurrence, though, since it was part of an energy-saving initiative.

Despite Rough Edges, Yoink'd Has Potential

Yoink’d Mediabox goes a ways beyond your standard video player; in addition to displaying clips, it lets you search for them and share playlists with others.  The Yoink’d product is quite new, though, and still needs some polishing.

Relevancy Chagnes at MSN, Yahoo, & Maybe Google

MSN Search Update MSN announced they are upgrading relevancy and coverage. The increased coverage likely means that more inbound link sources are getting indexed. From looking at rankings of a few of my sites it looks like: