http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-comes-next-in-
this-series-13-33-53.html Until today, Google’s homepage hasn’t had a link to their privacy policy. (I can’t remember where I read this but I think their argument was that more links hurt the user experience, and that if you want it you can Google for it.) Privacy groups have been complaining about this however, and according to this Marissa Mayer blog post, Sergey and Larry finally agreed that the homepage could link to the privacy policy—but only if the total word count didn’t change. So they took away the word “Google” from the footer and replaced it with a link to the privacy policy. (Includes the story about the angry user who sent mysterious emails consisting of a single number (the number of words on the homepage) to Google every time it changed.) 22:46
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Computer Tips From A Computer Guy (www.online-tech-tips.com):
… then the Google’s new one. Check it out for yourself, although pointing this out made me think of one of Rob Cottingham’s recent cartoons from Noise to Signal: If you thought Google was the king of spartan home pages, Cuil one-ups it.28 is the magic number for Google, Cuil beats it be a whole 16 words. We could talk about the interface, the background, the reasons it will or won’t work forever, however Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land brilliantly summed it up with one sentence: …
WeMedia.com | Conference, awards, community, news and analysis for the connected society. (wemedia.com):
… Colorado, the foundation is conducting the second meeting of its Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, a group of 15 muckety-mucks (with a strong skew toward current and former newspaper executives) and co-chaired byMarissa Mayer, VP of technology at Google, and Theodore Olsen, former U.S. Solicitor General. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and SecondLife founder Philip Rosedale will be among the participants. Knight’s investments may not transform communities, journalism or …
Google's Blogs 'n More (blog.outer-court.com):
… On that note, just recently Google added a privacy link to their homepage after a long time, putting it next to the copyright note, andremoving the word "Google" there. [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: A Google.com Without Copyright Notice | Comments] [Advertisement] Find the right keywords for your campaigns at KeywordDiscovery.com …
Google Blogoscoped (blogoscoped.com):
… On that note, just recently Google added a privacy link to their homepage after a long time, putting it next to the copyright note, andremoving the word "Google" there. [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: A Google.com Without Copyright Notice | Comments] [Advertisement] Find the right keywords for your campaigns at KeywordDiscovery.com …
Google Blogoscoped Forum (blogoscoped.com):
… On that note, just recently Google added a privacy link to their homepage after a long time, putting it next to the copyright note, andremoving the word "Google" there. [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: A Google.com Without Copyright Notice | Comments] [Advertisement] Find the right keywords for your campaigns at KeywordDiscovery.com …
All about link building. (www.linkenterprise.com):
… On that note, just recently Google added a privacy link to their homepage after a long time, putting it next to the copyright note, andremoving the word “Google” there. [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: A Google.com Without Copyright Notice | Comments] [Advertisement] Find the right keywords for your campaigns at KeywordDiscovery.com Original post by Philipp Lenssen …
Dotless Domain Technology (www.dotlessdomain.com):
… link conveniently placed on its homepage. It was observed that even Google, Inc. (Goog) didn’t have… …the ‘Privacy Link’ and that this move might compel the search giant to do the same to their homepage too. Well, now according toOfficial Google, Inc. (Goog) Blog, Google, Inc. (Goog) has finally introduced the ‘Privacy’ link in their home page. According to Marissa Mayer at the Google, Inc. (Goog) Blog , “Larry and Sergey told me we could only add this to the …
Practical Tips for Small Business - inFlow Inventory Blog (www.inflowinventory.com):
… Pack a lot of content into a few words. If you’re not convinced, here are some illuminating resources: - Mark Twain said “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” -Google cuts words mercilessly. - If you add 100 words to your website, people will read less than 20 of them. - A book On Writing Well …
Journal | Jeroen Coumans (jeroencoumans.nl):
… What comes next in this series? 13, 33, 53, 61, 37, 28...Apparantly, one axis upon which Google measures the complexity of its homepage is in the number of words featured on it. Add comment | Visit site … …
TecLaw (pumarino.blogspot.com):
… con esta decisión, Google pretende zanjar la polémica en torno a sus a veces dudosas prácticas en el uso de información personal, que ya le han creado más de un problema con la Unión Europea o con los usuarios de YouTube. Y es que, según explicaen su blog oficial, “la verdad es la base de todo lo que hacemos, así que queremos que los usuarios estén familiarizados y tranquilos con la integridad y el cuidado que damos a sus datos personales”.En California, donde se encuentra la sede social de la compañía, …
The anAlyst (anshprat.wordpress.com):
… Google. They recently replaced the word “Google” on their default non-logged in search page to read “Privacy”. And they didn’t merely added the word but rather replaced the word ‘Google’. And theylet the world knowabout it. So maybe its high time Yahoo learns something from this new found friendship. Also, my other experience with Google (other than being just an end user), has been through a student participant of Google Summer of Code, 2008. And I must say …
Bloggle (bloggle.typepad.com):
… 50. Widgets in spreadsheets 51. Docs templates 52. Google maps mashups 53. Maps traffic view 54. Google Mars 55. Google Space 56. Collaborative tools 57. Googlers 58. Google News 59.Only 28 words allowed on homepage60. Google Store 61. …
הבלוג של Sell-Google, שיווק באינטרנט, קידום אתרים וכל השאר (sell-google.co.il):
… שם. מה שיפה הוא שבראש העמוד גוגל מציעים לנו לחצן Sign out all other session, על מנת לנתק את החשבונות ששכחנו לסגור ידנית. אז גוגל משפרים אבטחה ואפילומחליטיםבצורה יוצאת דופן לשנות את דף הנחיתה המפורסם שלהם על מנת להכניס הצהרת פרטיות. אנשי גוגל מספרים על תהליך השינוי הכואב של הכנסת הקישור ולא …
Blog (searchdominion.com):
… Original post:What comes next in this series? 13, 33, 53, 61, 37, 28... How Email Marketing Software Can Give You More Leads Than You Can Handleby at blog - Google Blog Search Blog tag: Blog Technorati tag: Blog …
Media News: Internet Marketing & Online Advertising (www.admedian.com):
… views on user privacy, Google has finally made the ultimate concession. It’s added a privacy link to that holy of holies: the homepage. Marissa Mayer, VP of search products and user experience, takes the scenic route in a post about the move on theofficial Google blog. In a write-up that clocks in at 613 words, she manages to assemble a reasonably pithy history of the company’s struggle to limit the number of words on its home page. The punch line: She managed to keep the homepage word count at 28 by replacing the …
הבלוג של Sell-Google, שיווק באינטרנט, קידום אתרים וכל השאר (sell-google.co.il):
… שם. מה שיפה הוא שבראש העמוד גוגל מציעים לנו לחצן Sign out all other session, על מנת לנתק את החשבונות ששכחנו לסגור ידנית. אז גוגל משפרים אבטחה ואפילומחליטיםבצורה יוצאת דופן לשנות את דף הנחיתה המפורסם שלהם על מנת להכניס הצהרת פרטיות. אנשי גוגל מספרים על תהליך השינוי הכואב של הכנסת הקישור ולא …
Netpaths Guide to Search Engine Optimization and Web Design (www.netpaths.net):
… officer and among other duties she answered support emails. When they were making homepage updates a loyal Googler notified them each time the word count changed, culminating with “61, getting a bit heavy, aren’t we?” The Google homepage nowstands at 28 words …
Brad Williams Weblog: Web 2.0 and Beyond (www.strangework.com):
… Brad's Bookmarks Generation Kill Miniseries Extended Trailer The Garden Zombie haunts your lawn gnomeWhat comes next in this series? 13, 33, 53, 61, 37, 28...We’re official! Wordpress Theme Generator Google Webmaster Tools API Proper spelling: Website or Web site? Click marks the spot to locate crime in Belmar Who Will Rule The New Internet? Facebook Releases Facebook Platform as Open Source …
ShoutPost - http://www.uplink-web.com () (uplinkweb.shoutpost.com):
… As smart as Google has been though, it’s also important not to get too bogged down in data analysis. Remember, data is only useful if you stay flexible enough to act quickly. Google’s obsessive compulsive focus onnot adding a single wordto their homepage added wasteful time to the implementation of a simple link to their privacy policy. Maintaining the “weight” of their homepage at 28 words seems a mite ill-considered as months have gone by and …
Know It All (blogs.cioinsight.com):
… the part of my interview with Chris Anderson, linked in the previous post, where we talk about the impact of the Long Tail on appliances and commodities), so I'm following Jeff's work with interest. Look at Google's home page, and note all the thingsit doesn't do there. That's a lesson about Google, too, and a useful one to remember as you apply the WWGD logic to your own business. You aren't trying to make your company into Google, you're trying to leverage some big ideas that Google has shown to be effective; what …
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