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Press release about two new services: personalized Web search and Web alerts. Also explains the
changes to the Google homepages and search results pages, and new search features.
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/enhancements.html
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Google, Inc. News - Topix.net
News on Google continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
http://www.topix.net/com/google
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Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs to Manage Google IPO
Google Inc. hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to arrange its initial public
offering.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=71000001&refer=top_world_news&sid=a1ZjkrBqhQrQ
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BBC: Google Changes Anger Web Businesses
Tweaks to the way the world's biggest search engine works mean many companies no longer show up on
rankings.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/3290277.stm
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BBC Is Google Good for You?
The Google search engine has become the Coke of the web, argues technology analyst Bill Thompson.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3334531.stm
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Information Today: Google Buys Applied Semantics
Google announced that it has acquired Applied Semantics, a Santa Monica, California-based company
known for its semantic text processing technology.
http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb030428-1.shtml
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Google's Florida Shake Up: A View from the Beginning
Jim Hedger of the Internet Search Engines Database presents a compilation of his reactions and
conclusions over weeks following Google change of 16 November.
http://www.isedb.com/news/index.php?t=reviews&id=600
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Who's Naughty, Who's Nice: Google Christmas 2003
Barry Welford's summary of what happened in the Google Florida Update and the likely reasons.
Includes a discussion of stemming and Applied Semantics.
http://www.strategicmarketingmontreal.ca/newsletter-35.htm
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NetProfit: Google''s Florida Update: One Month Later
Gord Hotchkiss of Search Engine Positioning looks at Google's new algorithm and reactions to it.
Includes the possible use of Applied Semantics.
http://www.searchengineposition.com/info/netprofit/florida2.asp
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Marketing Monitor: Google Florida Update
Rob Sullivan of Search Engine Positioning argues that the change of algorithm implemented on
November 16 2003 uses technology from Applied Semantics and Kaltix.
http://www.searchengineposition.com/info/articles/GoogleForidaUpdate.asp
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Google Blog
News and tips related to using Google and its many products.
http://google-blog.dirson.com/
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Wharton School: What is Google Worth?
Long article covering most aspects of Google "going public" or remaining a privately held
company.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=888
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BBC: Google 'Nearly Ready' to Float
The internet search engine is reported to be close to finalising plans for a long-awaited share
sale.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3209995.stm
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Financial Times: Google Considers Online Auction of IPO Shares
Google investigates holding an online auction of shares early next year in an initial public
offering could value the company at more than $15bn.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&ci....
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PC Magazine: Fooling Google
Article discussing how the search engine works and how the site "optimizers" try to
manipulate their way to the top of search results.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1055967,00.asp
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Slashdot: Craig Silverstein Answers Your Google Questions
11 questions answered covering technical, business model, and site ranking issues.
http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/07/03/1352239.shtml?tid=95
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Science Friday: Google
Twenty-four minute NPR radio show segment interviewing Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google, and Rael
Dornfest, coauthor of two new books about Google. [Realaudio]
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2003/Sep/hour1_090503.html
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Midday: Spinning a Web
On the fifth anniversary of its foundation, Sachin Kalbag charts the rise and rise of Google.
http://web.mid-day.com/smd/play/2003/september/63263.htm
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BBC: Google Celebrates Fifth Birthday
The hugely popular search engine, Google, is turning five years old this weekend.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3084442.stm
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SearchEngineWatch: Happy Birthday, Google!
Five years ago, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated their fledgling startup,
notes Chris Sherman.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2160731
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GoogleFan
Google-related news blog and free email.
http://googlefan.com
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Watching Google Like A Hawk
Google news and commentary. Links to Google resources and related Websites, blogs, forums. Also a
directory of Google products and services.
http://www.watchinggooglelikeahawk.com
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SEO Journal News: Google
News topics specific to Google's technology.
http://www.seojournal.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=1
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News about Google
This news log from Coding the Web aims to record all references to Google on the Internet. Its
content can be syndicated using the freely available XML feeds.
http://www.codingtheweb.com/projects/newslog/portal/5_1.htm
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Mercury News: Google Launching Search Site for News
Article on the launch of Google's news aggregator.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/4132560.htm
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NYTimes.com: Deal May Freshen Up Google's Links
Google's purchase of Pyra Labs was done without any real plan for how the two companies would work
together. This article discusses some possibilities. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to
view.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/24/technology/24BLOG.html
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NYTimes.com: Sites Become Dependent on Google
Many smaller merchants in specialized niches rely on their sites turning up in Google's free search
results. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/technology/09NECO.html
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NYTimes.com: Postcards From Planet Google
Discusses how Google organizes and analyses the collective searches of people worldwide. [Requires
free NYTimes.com registration to view.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/28/technology/circuits/28goog.html
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Fortune.com: All the Right Moves
Ed Welles' appraisal of the company and its future.
http://www.fortune.com/indext.jhtml?channel=print_article.jhtml&doc_id=209291
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BBC News: Google Hit By Link Bombers
"Popular search site Google is being exploited by some net users to mount protests and play
jokes on their friends."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1868395.stm
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BBC News: Google Is 'Feeling Lucky'
"Seek and ye will find ... two entrepreneurial students with a $100k cheque in their pockets
did just that, and founded the internet search engine Google. Peter Day, of BBC Radio 4's In
Business programme, checks out a dot.com business that's far from failing".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1978993.stm
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Google Innovations Withstand Downturn
Article and interview with Googles Eric Schmidt on Googles ability to shine while others are
faultering.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/4293569.htm
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Localized Google Search Result Exclusions
Harvard Law School researchers document sites filtered by international versions of Google.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/google
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International Herald Tribune: Google News Site
Google's new programmed news site shows editorial judgment.
http://www.iht.com/articles/72944.htm
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CNN.com: 'Google Blips' - Search Not Always Right
"It has been said that hell has many levels, and apparently some people see software giant
Microsoft Corp. at its core."
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/09/30/column.nettrends.reut/
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Sites Blocked by China
Research article documenting specific web pages blocked in China.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/google-replacements/
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Google's Loss Spells Gain for Web Firms in China
The blocking of Google means increased traffic for Chinese based sites.
http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=70091
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Internet Magazine: China Blocks Altavista
Following the decision by the Chinese authorities to block access to Google, AltaVista has now been
given the same treatment.
http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=2712
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Can the Marcia Brady of Search Stay Sweet?
Article by Danny Sullivan on the growing dominance of Google and their ability to draw attention to
themselves.
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/02/09-google.html
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BBC News: China Blocking Google
Beijing bears down on Google, blocking access to the search engine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2231101.stm
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Google Tales: Peer-review Popularity vs. Dotcom Popularity
Eric Rumsey analyses Google's popularity.
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/notes4.html
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Searching leads back to Google
A Henry Norr article on current issues facing Google.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/19/BU230843.DTL&t....
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Salon.com: Meet Mr. Anti-Google
"A crusading webmaster says the popular search engine's page-ranking algorithm is
'undemocratic.'"
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/29/google_watch/
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Pandia: PageRank For Sale
SearchKing has started selling text ads on its network of independent portals, with prices based on
Google PageRank. Jono Craig asks Robert Massa of SearchKing if he really believes he can get away
with it.
http://www.pandia.com/features/pagerank.html
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Google Likes Directory Sites
Describes how Google can be used as a gateway to high-quality, subject-specific search directory
sites.
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/google.html
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Slashdot: Craig Silverstein Answers Your Google Questions
Google's Director of Technology answers questions set by Slashdot readers.
http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/07/03/1352239
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FastCompany.com: How Google Searches Itself
Fara Warner's article explains how Google's R&D process works.
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/60/google.html
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Wired News: A Catalog to Catalog All Catalogs
"Google's catalog search combs the pages of more than 600 current catalogs -- 1,500 including
back issues -- to help both consumers and corporations find everything from apple butter to zipper
doodles."
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,49187,00.html
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Wired 9.10: I'm Feeling Lucky
Chip Bayers' article: "Google's built a no-nonsense path to profitability by treating
advertising just like search. The secret? Three words, ranked by relevance: Results. Results.
Results."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/google.html
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Will Weblogs Blow Up the World's Favorite Search Engine?
John Hiler's article explores the concept, ethics, and possible effects of "Google
bombing" -- a technique used to improve a site's ranking for a given search term. From
Microcontent News.
http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/googlebombs.htm
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TechTV: Google Image Search
Mick Lockey compares Google's offering with Altavista's competing service.
http://www.techtv.com/products/software/story/0,23008,3344643,00.html
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Sunday Herald: Billions Vote In World's Biggest Ever Poll
Stephen Naysmith's article: "As magazines and newspapers prepare annual end-of-year lists of
the events and people who captured the public imagination in 2001, the internet has already
provided definitive answers."
http://www.sundayherald.com/21099
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Search Engine Reveals 2001 Fears, Foibles, Misspellings
Rachel Ross' article: "What were you searching for this year: inner peace, a life partner, or
pictures of JLo? Google knows the truth." From Thestar.com.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Arti....
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The Search Engine Report: Google Goes Forward
"While I've considered Google a "major player" in the search space for some time,
the deal with Netscape gives it a mass audience for the first time, along with its first business
deal."
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/99/07-google.html
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Salon: From Beta to Bona Fide
Janelle Brown's article: "Google, a favorite search engine of the plugged-in crowd, uses its
$25 million in venture funding to launch a site almost unchanged from the from the "test"
version."
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/23/google/index.html
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PCWorld.com: War, Music, Magic Sought in 2001
"Inquiring minds searched the Internet on a virtual cornucopia of topics during 2001,
stretching from war and terrorism to music, magic, and prophecy, according to a listing of top
queries released by Google."
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,77328,00.asp
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PCWorld.com: A Search Engine Worth Gambling On
"Developed by two Stanford Ph.D. candidates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google is
lightning-quick. And, while it's not completely on target, it's close."
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=12974
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MSNBC: Can Google's Search Engine Find Profits?
"Google.com seems to have it all...But one thing Google doesn't seem to have -- or at least
isn't answering questions about -- is a business plan."
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-514893.html
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Linux Gazette: Sergey Brin
Transcript of an interview with Google's co-founder.
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue59/correa.html
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Let's Get This Straight - Yes, There Is a Better Search Engine
Scott Rosenberg's article: "While the portal sites fiddle, Google catches fire." From
Salon Magazine.
http://www.salon.com/21st/rose/1998/12/21straight.html
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The IPO Report: Google
Tom Taulli's article: "Who knows -- perhaps Google.com will be the next Stanford start-up to
get its Nasdaq ticker symbol and multibillion-dollar market cap."
http://www.hedge-hog.com/sub/ipo45.html
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The Internet Newsroom: Getting BeGoogled
"Another new search engine has come out of the computer labs at Stanford University,
underscoring the enormous influence the school has exerted on the evolution of the Internet search
industry."
http://www.editors-service.com/articlearchive/google99.html
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Internet Info for Real People: Google
Bob Brand's article: "From the hallowed sun drenched walls of Silicon Valley's Stanford
University, two graduate students (Sergy Brin and Larry Page) have developed a new
cyber-mousetrap."
http://www.thebee.com/bweb/iinfo149.htm
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How Weblogs Influence a Billion Google Searches a Week
John Hiler's article: "So even if you never visit a blog, you're being influenced by them.
The collective votes of the weblog community are determining what sites you see on Google, the
world's largest search engine." From Microcontent News.
http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/googleblogs.htm
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Forbes.com: How Google Is That?
Om Malik's article: "The reason why all these Valley hotshots are going gaga over Google is
because the company has a search technology that is far better than anything else out there."
http://www.forbes.com/1999/10/04/feat.html
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E-Commerce Times: UK Shopping Guide Turns to Google
Andy Wang's article: "UK-based entertainment and shopping guide Virgin Net announced today
that it has selected upstart search engine Google to provide search services for its Web
site."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/1848.html
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CNN.com: Going Ga-ga for Google
Liane Gouthro's article: "Fickle Web surfers often switch from one search engine to another as
if they were brands of soap. But one that has drawn a loyal following is Google, a search engine
launched last fall with a different twist."
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/24/google.idg/
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BusinessWeek: Can Google's Prodigies Make a Search Tool Pay?
Neil Gross' article: "Sergey Brin and Larry Page insist that their math wizardry and magical
search results can compete with the entertainment-heavy portals".
http://www.businessweek.com/cgi-bin/ebiz/ebiz_frame.pl?url=/ebiz/9909/em0929.htm
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The Korea Herald: Computer Artist Doodles Oodles of 'Google's
Interview with Dennis Hwang, Google's logo designer.
http://wk.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/03/22/200203220003.asp
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MediaGuardian.co.uk: How Google Got It So Right
David Teather's article: "The success of Google, the internet search engine, has come about
through the old fashioned form of viral marketing: word of mouth."
http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,710539,00.html
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CNet: Google Protects Its Search Results
Gwendolyn Mariano's article: "Dimandja Emoungu got a surprise when he tried to search Google
this month: Instead of a results list, he says, the company handed him a 'rude' note denying
service."
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-883558.html
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Ogling Google - "Jesus" is Bigger Than "The Beatles"
Explains how AdWords can be used to determine the popularity of given keywords From Pressflex.com.
http://www.pressflex.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/42/Ogling_Google:__Jesus__is_bigger_than__The_B....
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ResearchBuzz: Another Undocumented Google Syntax -- Date-Based Searching
Explanation of how to use the 'daterange:' syntax, which allows searches to be restricted by Julian
Dates.
http://www.researchbuzz.com/articles/2002/googledate0422.html
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Google is Three Times Bigger Than the Experts Think
Article from Pressflex.com: "OK, guys, listen closely: Google processes at least three
quarters of all Internet searches".
http://www.pressflex.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/44/Google_is_three_times_bigger_than_the_expert....
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USA Today: Google Hit With Patent Suit Over 'Paid Listings'
"Internet advertising company Overture Services said Friday it sued search-engine company
Google, alleging that Google's system for featuring paid advertisements infringes an Overture
patent".
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/04/05/google-suit.htm
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USA Today: Thrill of Hunt Lures Google Competitors
Jefferson Graham's article: "Even as Google keeps growing, competitors are taking aim at the
Internet's top search service."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/2002/05/13/search.htm
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eCommerceBase: Do You Need Google Answers?
Paul Bruemmer presents a detailed investigation into the "ask the expert" service.
http://www.ecommercebase.com/article/757
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ResearchBuzz: Google Opens Up Google Labs...
The author provides opinions on four exhibits, and then concludes with "This is a lot of fun.
Go play in the lab."
http://www.researchbuzz.com/articles/2002/googlelab0521.shtml
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CNet: Google Ushers Web Surfers Into Its Labs
Paul Festa's article: "Popular search engine Google on Tuesday launched two sites for
developing experimental search and browsing technologies."
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-919173.html
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The Register: Google Labs Passes Borges Test
Andrew Orlowski's article: "Google has opened its kimono on some new labs work, soliciting
feedback for four experimental features."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25415.html
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