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  • Google's 'death penalty' strikes again

    A decision by Google to blacklist BMW's German Web site for allegedly boosting its Internet search ranking in breach of Google guidelines has divided experts and Web users, as another big-name company comes in for the same treatment.

  • Google blacklists BMW.de

    Google has blacklisted BMW.de after the carmaker violated the search giant's guidelines by using a technique that could artificially boost its search engine rating, according to a Google engineer.

  • Tsunami fraudsters cash in by manipulating Google

    Fraudsters hoping to steal money intended for a Chinese charity have manipulated Google's page rankings to ensure that their fake site appears higher than the charity's official Web site.

  • Google set to woo non-Internet users with voice search

    Google is not the obvious company to telephone when you are looking for directions to a restaurant or hotel, but the popular search engine's development team is hoping that its emerging voice search facility may over time completely change the concept of a search engine.

  • Google protects its search results

    The search company has blocked users for the use of automated queries, but many of them are not individually responsible for breaking the rules.

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  • How much do you trust Google?

    Commentary: Google is one of the best things on the Web--but there are signs that it may be tempted into rank commercialism.

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