What makes Sarah Palin, Euro 2008 and Facebook have in common?

All are on the list of Top 10 fastest-growing queries on Google in 2008.

The search engine has its own year-end Zeitgeist, the tool shows that Internet users are looking for.

The most searched term on Google users in the UK was Facebook, while the BBC took second place and its iPlayer service was the fastest growth in the consultations.

In addition, the list shows that global concern and this year in the U.S. – the choice of candidates and the Beijing Olympic Games high cost.

The fact that people around the world in general have much interest in socializing and politics, according to Marissa Mayer, vice president of search at Google.

“Social network of four countries in the top 10 fastest growth in the consultations, while in the U.S. election, every interest in the world,” he wrote in an official blog Google.

People’s Political

The economic crisis has an impact in the UK connected to money-saving experts “and” UK Hot Deals “to 10 in connection with the financing of scientific research.

Gordon Brown was happy to hear that beat David Cameron at second place in the list of politicians, the most popular among users in the United Kingdom.

Barack Obama was in third place with rival John McCain in front in the seventh.

Gourmets were interested in recipes Cupcake, meatballs, lemon and Posset pork belly, while the most popular entries in the United Kingdom went to the Oasis and Leonard Cohen (first and second, respectively).

Popular music

News and time, typically the most sought worldwide for which there are many countries, especially, according to Ms. Mayer.

“The Russians Dmitry Medvedev elected its president, but a couple of popular music acts more attention to the users Google”, he wrote.

In Poland, the fifth time rapidly increase Jozin Z Bazin, the title song, the Czech in 1978, have been popular on YouTube.

Google

He rejected the Christian Institute ad, they say it can not display Web sites with “abortion and religion in connection with the content.”

The Institute, the British laws on equality in the decision.

But after the settlement, Google now allows religious groups advertising on abortion.

That is, if the word “abortion” into a search engine, Internet users not only see ads with detailed information on abortion clinics and support groups, but can also find links to religious groups, May objections to abortion.

“Common sense”

In a statement, the representative of Google said the BBC News: “The issue of abortion is an emotional issue, and Google has no hands.

“In recent months, we have to reconsider our policy in the territory ads abortion, that it was fair, and updated in accordance with local custom and practice.

“After review, we decided to change our policy, creating a level playing field and allow religious organizations to place ads on abortion and the actual.”

The Christian Institute, called the decision to the success of reason and freedom of expression.

Mike Judge Institute told BBC News, that Google had a special responsibility for the treatment of certain groups of the same status as a gateway to the Internet.

“They were very constructive role in responding to our lawsuits. I think that this” level playing field now for religious groups, and we are very pleased that agreement, “he said.

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CUIL Irish dialect to knowledge and hazelnut, its founders argue that there is a better and broader challenges indexing information on the Internet.

The technology used for indexing Web, the surrounding circumstances of each page and concepts of travel requests, say the founders.

But analysts believe that the new search engine, like many others, the struggle for the party and defeat for Google.

Hard fight

CUIL, pronounced “cool”, he said, employing more than 120 million Web pages to create its index of information on the website.

He believes that it is more than Google, although the search giant stopped reporting how much rates. Without numbers, which Google claims that his figure was even higher.

CUIL claims that its technology is not methods, which forced the success of Google.

Instead of looking only at the quantity and quality of communication and from the web page, as technology makes Google, CUIL tried to understand more about the information on the one hand, and people in a search. The results appear in the magazine format, rather than a list.

The company also tried other than Google has not received any information about what people are looking for.

CUIL founder, Anne Patterson, Russell Power and Louis Monier Google are former employees. Other founder Tom Patterson worked at IBM and others in search technology and storage.

By declaring its aim to assume Google, CUIL combines extensive list of others who tried and largely unrelated search giant dent in the market share. Are interchangeable Teoma, Vivisimo, Snap, Mahal and Powerset.

“Time can be a real challenge,” said Danny Sullivan, editor of search engines on the planet. “In competition with Google is still very difficult task, since Microsoft will tell.”

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Internet giant announced a 35% increase in second quarter net profit of U.S. $ 1.25bn (£ 626m) – slightly below forecasts.

The company said that his company was good, despite the difficult economic conditions.

But investors are used to surpass Google, sent shares at 9.4% to $ 483.67

“This is the first shock is the best company to room and only grow, said Colin Gillis, an analyst at Canaccord Adams.

“The environment”

Google reported 39% increase in revenue to $ 5.37bn in the three months to June 30.

“Strong international growth and steady increase traffic Google Web-properties, we see another strong quarter, despite difficult economic conditions,” said Eric Schmidt, executive director of Google.

The company forecast its debt yields less of their income $ 12.7bn much money as a result of volatile interest rates.

The number of paid clicks on Google and its partners declined 1% compared with the first quarter.

Stanford Group analyst Clayton Moran, he said the evidence “there is a downturn in advertising on the Internet is that the impact on Google”.

Google employee 448 people, even during the quarter – the lowest number of recruits from the fourth quarter of 2004.

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Their share rose from 68.29 percent in May to 69.17 percent in June, the company said an analyst. In the same period, Yahoo declined from 19.95 per cent to 19.62 per cent and Microsoft declined from 5.89 per cent to 5.46 per cent.

In fourth place was able to pay Ask.com reserves profits last year, but fell from 4.23 per cent to 4.17 per cent in the period from May to June.

Google crossed the threshold of 60 percent rate in July 2006, said analyst Matt Tatham, slipped back one month in August 2006, but was north of 60 per cent since September 2006.

Offers search is important for companies to the economy because it means that it can be more stock of search results against the ads could be sold.

Statistics based on a sample of 10 million U. S. Internet users, said, Hitwise.

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Second Life requires users to download and install the “client” software package that taps into an interactive environment. Lively also requires downloading and installing – Windows only time – but then you can use Internet Explorer or Firefox in the virtual world.

“It is integrated with the Internet. This is not alternative goals,” said Niniane Wang, director of Google’s engineering projects. “Our intention is to add to your life.”

Integration with Internet regularly takes various forms. On the one hand, you can pipe content stored elsewhere on the Internet, including photographs or video. In addition, you can Lively your area in your blog or include Google sent a letter to MySpace and Facebook Web-pages. And you can send an e-mail to friends Web address to receive normal.

In a live, you can create your own online spaces – rooms, grassy meadows, deserts and islands in the demo version I tried to simulate Silicon Valley bureau park. You have an opportunity to dress or how your avatar (which is an embodiment of the Internet, for those of you who have lost their lives second drum). And, of course, you can chat, do backflips, shake hands and high five.

The idea is that more social aspect of interaction on the Internet, Wang said – a bit more difficult to express that even a win in Instant Messenger status line.

“We believe that there is a desire to communicate in this way,” said Wang, noting that is the reason, Second Life, gained much attention when they bloomed in popularity several years ago. “We hope that this product helps them to do.”

Integration with Internet really is significantly different from the Internet, but most of the sales Lively melody – as politely – familiar to those who have already read the virtual worlds of press releases than in previous years.

I had a series of burps and hiccups Encouraged by using my demo in small elderly, but not the old laptop, Wang said the problems were not widespread. When working properly, has little time to absorb the control of movement and perspective in my avatar.

Then wore a novelty, even faster than second life. I am confident that we are more interesting to other people talk to a model of Google skeleton of T. Rex, and possibly, if this room I have developed.

Do not get me wrong. I still believe in general, in a form of online interaction, but atrophied social markedly in comparison with, for example, a bar. I think that technology has come a long way. I found Second Life more immersion, but, even relatively coarse communication via e-mail and instant messaging is more to revolutionize my online social interactions.

Several other differences in Second Life: Lively no money. It is designed for users to drag and drop interface. And this is not planned, at least, he can only choose furniture, clothing, hair, and a catalogue of prefabricated Google provides.

Money and reprogramming, so questions, the company is seriously considering, however, said Wang. Mac OS X client is also a high priority, he added.

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Street hit show photos to maps, including passers-by were captured when the picture was taken.

Privacy Rights Group International UK, Cree technology, which splits data protection rules.

“From our point of view, a person must consent if they are the face of a person for commercial purposes”, said Simon Davies from the group.

See the street was already in the United States and includes photos of streets in major cities across America. Photographing in the United Kingdom, including London, so that the Cree have begun this week.

Some people in the U.S., over their images are used and Google said it removed its presence on demand.

The company said it has begun to trial blur technology, using an algorithm, which recognizes human faces in the photos.

But Privacy International said it had doubts about the technology.

It was a letter sent to search giant and asked technical information about the system.

If the group fails to respond within seven days, Mr. Davis said that writing for the Information Commissioner search for the suspension of service in the UK.

“We worked with Google in the past and received a reply Snider tell us more in their blogs.

“We talked about that Google engineers technology is not ready for use.”

In the U.S. it is legal to view photos of people on public roads. But Mr. Davis Cree because Vista road used for commercial purposes of any person in the United Kingdom, the photo must give their consent.

Google stated that it complies with all local laws.

In a letter to Jane Horvath, senior advocates the privacy of Google, Mr. Davis said that Google record the use of technology to protect privacy was irregular.

He said: “I remember a promise to Google FTC [Federal Trade Commission] to acquire DoubleClick, that” drop cookies can be developed.

“We have not seen evidence that this technology has been deployed. In response to concerns expressed at the time the personal lives of our Internet Team 2007, Google also promised to” privacy council “to help consumers understand the functionality of your user settings. This technology is not was published. ”

Privacy International also has asked Google to “measures, if any, do you take to inform the public on the use of their images, that is, in fact, commercial purpose. ”

Davis added: “Google likes to consider itself as a global player. Samom fact, as a teenager irresponsible.

“It is time for us to take responsibility for their actions and to do right.”

The decision comes as part of Google legal battle with Viacom over accusations of copyright infringement.

Digital Rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the decision “a step backwards for personal rights”.

The newspaper, which is to Viacom, the magazine contains a user ID, computer IP-address (ID on the Internet) and video clip details.

While the legal fight between the two companies is that in the U.S., we believe the decision of YouTube users and their viewing habits around the world.

Viacom owned MTV and kinokompanii Paramount Pictures, said that YouTube is guilty of massive copyright infringement.

British Prime League club is also seeking class action status with Viacom to a question, based on YouTube, which was acquired by Google in 2006, was used to football highlights.

Legal action

If a lawsuit was launched in March 2007, Viacom said it identified about 160000 unauthorized clips of its programmes on the web site, which has been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.

Following the launch of its multibillion-dollar lawsuit, YouTube introduced a filtering tool in efforts to prevent copyrighted material on the site.

USA – Viacom Court rejected a request that Google would be forced to allocate source YouTube, saying it was “commercial secret” should not be disclosed.

Nevertheless, talks about Google’s privacy deliver registration “speculative”.

Google senior trial attorney Catherine Lacavera said in the statement: “We are disappointed that the court granted Viacom magnitude of excessive demand to see the full picture.

“Viacom, you must respect the confidentiality of users and allows us to write anonymous before production by court order.”

Judgments viewing habits of millions of users YouTube Viacom, with a total area of over 12 terabytes of data.

Viacom said that he wants the data to compare the attractiveness of video, alleged violation, non-video “.

YouTube and Google had been “forced” to go to court, said, Viacom “, to continue to protect their illegal and irresponsible behaviour and to benefit from copyright infringement if they can be applied to legal certainty and led to the content user experience What they promise” .

On the other hand, said there was no call “personal information” to anyone.

“All information that we or our outside consultant to receive will be used solely for the purpose of proving our case against YouTube and Google (and) managed provided protection order and justice in a very confidential”.

“Bad decision”

Leading Privacy Expert Simon Davies told BBC News, that the personal lives of millions of YouTube users is threatened.

He said: “The chickens have come home to roost for Google.

“His arrogance and refusal to hear friendly tips led to the private lives of tens of millions of people are threatened.”

Davis said a private campaign Google warned that for many years, IP-addresses are personal information.

Google, announced last year for anonymous IP-addresses in search of information, but does not say anything about the data YouTube.

Davis said: “Governments and organizations are aware that companies like Google have a complete data warehouse. And while the data is stored, used under threat and the threat of privacy.”

EFF said: “The court decision is erroneous failure right to privacy and to enable Viacom, to see what you see on YouTube.

“We call on Viacom, to reverse this too much to ask Google, to take all necessary measures to this challenge and to protect the rights of its users.”

The Agency said that the decision was also potentially illegal, as well as records containing personal identification data.

The court also ruled that Viacom Google to disclose information on all videos were removed from the site for any reason.

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Gmail Labs has 13 configurations for users to play with engineers and directly say what they think.

New developments that only in England and the United States, and the red tab at the top of the page.

Gmail product Kate Coleman, the director said: “This marks a significant change in how the company product development.”

Total testing products domestically at Google employee for several weeks or even months, and then refined before being released to the public.

Never before has the company opened testing procedures and brought in outsiders such large scale. Smaller-scale convenience tests were conducted with the participation of invited guests.

Mr. Coleman said: “We want to make the next step and allow Gmail users will help us improve.”

Old Snakey

The new configuration includes things such as pictures in the negotiations, portraits, which calls for showtimes and superstars, you can e-mail from various characters. Old Snakey you can play classic games Gmail e-mail addict, forcing you to the screen to break the blockade outside Gmail for 15 minutes.

Mr. Coleman said functions “very hard and not gone through seepage analysis in the field of product design or analysis.”

“They Ido only comprehensive code review the process that they are safe for launch.

“They also passed the tests, fewer will be the defining characteristic. But what a way to get our ideas and to ensure that the general public.”

After testing, users will be able to say, the developers directly what they think. The most popular are likely to become part of the proceeds of Gmail.

Time for ideas

Service was granted a small group of journalists, including BBC, were invited 47 buildings in the Googleplex, a rare sight team at work.

Typically, these areas outside for people outside the company.

Moreover, it is shown that the new service before being released, were also through the offices, where engineers have 20% of their time to develop ideas and work on them. At 20% of the time is part of Google fundamental ideals.

“The basic idea is that each laboratory technologist can go for lunch and reached cool idea, security code, and ship as a function Labs tens of millions of users”, said Mr. Coleman.

The staff proposal to write on the blackboard track all of that plays around and is working on something.

Another display shows the number of errors following application is required to ensure the detention and engineers working on this.

Spam King

All work is divided into sectors, various aspects of Gmail to the calendar and documents from the reader with spam.

Boys will fight spam in your Gmail box hidden in a dark corner office. Brad Taylor, known as spam king, shares that is enough.

Gmail to the public since its launch in 2004, said he has seen real growth in the amount of unsolicited emails flooding into the system.

“Initially the beginning, if we have 25% of email is spam. Taken prisoner by most of his. Over time, and grew up, and currently over 75% of all email is spam, and that our work is far more difficult.”

Top Secret

At the heart of this open space is the so-called “war room”.

Here are half a dozen engineers huddled in overcrowded office work top secret projects. The whole world was tight-lipped about the next big thing coming out of the room, but it would be useful, quipped, that this is a new color.

Todd Jackson, another product Gmail is serious when he said that the engineers do not leave until they have resolved a specific problem or entirely new role.

The hotel is next to the office coffee is a usability lab, when Gmail offers a small group of six to eight people, experiment with new applications to see how they fare with the public.

Nick Smith, helps run the laboratory, said two-way street instead, the participants see and how they interact with the product, are a little more high tech.

“We have this little hidden camera next to some flowers in the corner of the room. We just want to know how to use Gmail, and in terms of users, what your experience is like.

“After just see how they interact with the product and what should be improved.”

– Team

Perhaps one of the fastest growing areas in the laboratory Gmail is the site of the reliability of space, just past a sign that said: “backdoor hippies”.

In a series of monitors and computers, there is also a selection of drinks, batteries and a pair of guitars. On the wall hangs plaque wish list of things, as “sound, Wii and appropriate mechanism largest television.”

The general laboratory facilities, like any other nondescript office, while some features fun here and there, like all the names of printers and copiers in the television show, as the V-Team and fun for the whole family.

But sometimes things do get serious, and all of them on a pager and be a warning, if something goes wrong with the website.

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