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[edit] badware.org blocking websites, google censorship

Google is now partially censoring websites that are believed to have spyware or badware. You get a badware page about warning you and the text URL of the link but there is no link to continue on.

This should be added to controversy. Ie, what gives right google to decide what is badware and warn when they dont warn about other sites like smoking, etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wikitalk009 (talk • contribs) 11:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

A bit strange that you can't tell the difference between visiting a web site that installs unwanted software on your computer and a site with words about smoking on. ••Briantist•• talk 23:18, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
It is not censorship, they ae still lettinng you go to the sites. It is just so that people's computers are safer. "Smoking on" is a social issue, and google is not censored, exept for porn and stuff like that. And in China. ffm yes? 16:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Google Tv

The creator of googles father was born in 1947 and he was in the vietnamese warIm sure many of you may have heard of this video by "Infinite Solutions" If not look it up on google blogs. They seem to show proof and show you a way that is is real and how to get it. Other people claim to have tried it, but very few people seem to be showing proof. My question is, is this a hoax?

- Yes. Technostalgia 23:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

We should at least give it a mention in the article. No people gave proof, but no ones proved it wrong either. 24.164.18.127 02:47, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

See WP:CITE. We are not a directory of rumors, slashdot is for that. We need reliable information, not speculation. ffm yes? 16:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

The other videos produced by Infinite Solutions seem to be hoaxes. For example, see the very serious sounding video showing how to use a cell phone with ethernet wrapped around it suspended inside a salad bowl to get better wireless networking (!!).

[edit] To whoever just got rid of the vandalism

Nice work! I just noticed it and by the time i@d logged in it was gone! The Adept 11:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I got a lot of stick from User_talk:Grindingteeth for doing it. ••Briantist•• talk 12:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

The edit of Google by User:Grindingteeth at issue is this one. [1] This is a clear violation of several Wikipedia core policies, including WP:NPOV, WP:V, and WP:NOT. I agree that Grindingteeth appears to be acting in bad faith and is possibly a vandal or a troll. If he keeps up that nonsense he should be blocked.--Coolcaesar 04:15, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Google... Coordinates?

Whats up with the coordinates at the top right of the google article? I haven't seen this on any other article. IWhisky 15:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Check out Vancover. All of the articles that are cool enougth have one. Just kidding. It is for most articles that have actual locations, it is how google is able to intergrate the wikipedia into google earth. ffm yes? 19:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
In short: it is the coordinates of the headquarters of Google. --Iamunknown 04:58, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Question

when you do a search on google, underneith each link is the web adress followed by a number. like "www.1234567.com -57k" what would the 57k mean? J.L.Main 01:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Straight from Google help (http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=35891): " This number is the size of the text portion of the web page, and gives you some idea of how quickly it might display. You won't see a size figure for sites that we haven't fully indexed." --Iamunknown 04:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank YouJ.L.Main 19:35, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Google Holiday Logo

I am removing the Google Holiday Logo from the article. The official Google Doodles page states: We've put them in this online museum for your amusement. Please do not use them elsewhere. As such, it is a violation of their image licensing uses, and should be removed. It does look nice, though. –- kungming·2 (Talk) 07:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)


HEY GOOGLE BOY, FIRSTLY GET A LIFE AND SECONDLY THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN ANNOUCEMENT OF THE REMOVAL OF A HOLIDAY LOGO. Your Mocker Bigous Dickous! SHUT UP Kungming2

[edit] Featured Status

I have renominated this article for featured status. The April 2004 nomination cited lack of references and cultural impact info as the primary reasons of failure. Both of these reasons have since been addressed. The May 2006 peer review cited lack of organization & lack of a substantial LEAD section, both of which have been fixed. I think we're ready for FAC status now. Dr. Cash 01:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Here is what my script says:
<quote>The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.

You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas.</quote> Thanks, ffm yes? 21:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Changes to Article Summary

Recently, the article's summary section has been dramatically increased in size and wording. I'm not certain on who made these changes, but I feel that it could hinder the nomination for being a featured article. There are also other changes that really need to be made to this article, because recently things have been unnecessarily edited, leaving just a bigger mess.

Does anyone else see the motive in me re-editing the changes to the summary section? Thanks. Mambo Jambo 16:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

If you look at the edit history, it should be obvious that I edited the LEAD paragraph, trying to make it a better summary of the article conforming to standards in WP:LEAD. If you can improve this, please do. Dr. Cash 17:32, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Enterprise products

Currently:

In 2007, Google launched Google Apps Premium Edition, a software suite for businesses that provides e-mail, instant messaging, calendar, word processing, as well as a spreadsheet program.[43] This product is targeted primarily at the business user, and intended to compete directly versus Microsoft's Office suite, with a price of approximately $50 per user per year compared to $500 per user for Microsoft Office.[43]

This section needs to be re-done. "Docs and Spreadsheets" needs to be mentioned in the previous section about Applications and not here (they're available without the Apps Premium Edition); this service does not compete with MS Office (even "Docs and Spreadsheets" don't really compete with it). And there's nothing approximate about $50 per user per year fee. -Olegos 23:47, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Current lawsuit

Anymore info on the lawsuit would help out as it comes avaiable. Maverick423 02:30, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Point of view starts here click history to view:

[edit] Google Phone

I have added a section on the proposed Google Phone, along with references; it seems to be big news.

Also, these pages need a general cleanup (deleting discussion comments which have been noted and used, changing links etc.).

HiraV 19:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)HiraV

[edit] down

Woah! Google's been down for at least 20 minutes! Has this ever happened before? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.138.152.127 (talk) 19:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Slogan

Is that slogan real? Or is it vandalism..?
Ferdia O'Brien The Archiver And The Vandal Watchman (Talk) 16:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd suggest you follow the link as it answers your question. --Bobblehead 16:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "The Google"

I noticed that "The Google" (without the quotes) redirects here. I'm thinking it should have a separate article, as it is a Bushism. After all, Internets has its own article. What do you think about this? TanookiMario257 00:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Google TiSP

Isint that an all fools day joke ?

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