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'''Google''' is a popular search engine that directs traffic on the Internet. | '''Google''' is a popular search engine that directs traffic on the Internet. | ||
| − | Google has been accused of [[liberal]] bias; for several years, it allowed [[hacker]]s to associate the phrase "miserable failure" with [[George W. Bush]]<ref>[http://boingboing.net/2007/01/26/bush_no_longer_miser.html]</ref>, and it consistently includes links to [[Wikipedia]], whose editors are six times more liberal than the general public, on its first page of results. | + | Google has been accused of [[liberal]] bias; for several years, it allowed [[hacker]]s to associate the phrase "miserable failure" with [[George W. Bush]]<ref>[http://boingboing.net/2007/01/26/bush_no_longer_miser.html]</ref>, and it consistently includes links to [[Wikipedia]], whose editors are six times more liberal than the general public, on its first page of results. A reason for this is believed to be that the algorithm of google sort hits after popularity. The more people click a hit, the higher it is rated. |
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| + | Google owns [[YouTube]], the home made [[video clip]] site. [[Viacom]] are suing YouTube, and thus Google, for a reported $1 billion, arguing that the economic model of YouTube is based on copyright infringement[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6446193.stm]. | ||
Revision as of 16:24, March 15, 2007
Google is a popular search engine that directs traffic on the Internet.
Google has been accused of liberal bias; for several years, it allowed hackers to associate the phrase "miserable failure" with George W. Bush[1], and it consistently includes links to Wikipedia, whose editors are six times more liberal than the general public, on its first page of results. A reason for this is believed to be that the algorithm of google sort hits after popularity. The more people click a hit, the higher it is rated.
Google owns YouTube, the home made video clip site. Viacom are suing YouTube, and thus Google, for a reported $1 billion, arguing that the economic model of YouTube is based on copyright infringement[1].