Google Israel CEO – we will not censor anti-semitic sites
In an Hertzliya convention held by the Anti-Defamation League, Meir Brand, Google Israel CEO says: “Google cannot decide which sites will be published on the world wide web, We obey to the law and as long as there isn’t a specific law regarding specific sites we will keep those sites in Google’s index”
Yandex releases autumn report on Russian blogosphere
Russian search leader Yandex, has released their Autumn report on the current state of the blogosphere in Russia. As you might expect, the report is in Russian so I’ll give you some of the highlights here. – There are now 3.1m blogs in Runet, 2.6 times larger than this time last year. – The blogosphere […]
China's Baidu pondering Hong Kong listing
Baidu, the leading Chinese search engine is contemplating a secondary share listing in Hong Kong. Baidu is currently listed on the Nasdaq (BIDU) and is one of Google’s strongest rivals in China. The idea may have been brought about by the successful listing of Alibaba.com this past Tuesday. Alibaba, a B2B website that is 40% […]