Improved Google Research Results Are Within Your Reach

Ten years ago, when I wrote Mastering Search Engines, Google was in its infancy. Back then, Google was known for the volume of Internet pages it had indexed, about 3 billion at that time. However, search results were not as Continue reading Improved Google Research Results Are Within Your Reach

Swiss Court Orders Google to Manually Blur Street View Images

The following teaser is from an article posted at searchenginewatch.com: Google’s Street View mapping service infringes privacy, a Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled. Google must blur all faces, license plates, and ensure the complete anonymity of people near sensitive Continue reading Swiss Court Orders Google to Manually Blur Street View Images

“Google Your Family Tree” Tops the Genealogy Guidebook Sales Charts

We’ve been selling Dan Lynch’s Google Your Family Tree at the Family Roots Publishing website, and at conferences since last December. The book is a wealth of information, and it’s not surprising that the book has turned out to be Continue reading “Google Your Family Tree” Tops the Genealogy Guidebook Sales Charts

Google Now Has a Count for How Many Books There Are in World – Nearly 130M

It seems that the Google folks would like to know how many books they are attempting to digitize, since their goal is to digitize all the books in the world… Using a complicated formula, which reads for paragraph after paragraph Continue reading Google Now Has a Count for How Many Books There Are in World – Nearly 130M

Google to Digitize the Austrian National Library’s Old Books

Google has now made agreements with the Austria National Library to digitize their 400,000 out-of-copyright books. This should be of significant help to those of us doing European research. Very exciting! Following is a teaser from the article found at Continue reading Google to Digitize the Austrian National Library’s Old Books

More Details on the Google Books Revised Settlement – and Foreign Controversies

As I blogged a few days ago, the revised settlement between Google and authors in the United States continues to move forward. Now I see that Judge Denny Chin has set February 18, 2010 for the next hearing. Chin granted Continue reading More Details on the Google Books Revised Settlement – and Foreign Controversies