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Forbes.com: : Google Shares Fall

Forbes.com:

"Shares of Google Inc. slipped Thursday after the world's most popular Internet search engine warned for the second time in a week that its fourth-quarter revenue growth rate is likely to slow from previous quarters"

Google launches search for scholars | CNET News.com

Could this be the first big move to separate "pure/ academic" search from the commercially tainted version?

Google launches search for scholars | CNET News.com: "Google on Wednesday unveiled Google Scholar, a new search product aimed at helping users search scholarly literature such as technical reports, theses and abstracts. "

It will have specially tailored search algorithms according to Anurag Acharya, a principal engineer at Google
It will not initially carry Web search advertisements although "web search advertising accounts for almost all of Google's revenue, which was $805.9 million in the third quarter."


The New York Times: reports that the service "is intended as a first stop for researchers looking for scholarly literature like peer-reviewed papers, books, abstracts and technical reports. "

NY Times quotes Mr. Acharya as saying " his motivation, in part, had been a desire to help the academic community from which Google emerged...Google as a company has greatly benefited from academic research and this is one of the ways we can give back to the community."

Danny Sullivan, SearchWatchEngine editor, comments that Google was certain to have competition soon from Yahoo and others."We will continue to see an explosion of vertical search engines like this," he said of search services that focus on special collections."

Google launches Keyhole : Next Generation Mapping

Keyhole "technology enables you to point and fly to hundreds of US and international cities. Zoom down to detail showing individual buildings, search for existing businesses by name or category, even fly to a specific address... can easily import lists of buildings, overlays showing demographic trends, proposed developments, and even site plans. The powerful XML-based collaboration capability in Keyhole 2 allows you to share lists of locations, with custom icons and detailed descriptions, with a single click. Keyhole’s streaming technology does the heavy lifting, putting your data in the context of detailed imagery, 3D terrain, and map data."

Google keeping quiet about any plans for integrating Keyhole: "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Keyhole's technology and products are an excellent addition to our efforts to do that. We do not have any announced plans regarding how this technology will integrate with our current products and services..." local search is my tip....

Google Desktop Security Warning Issued

Businesses need policies re desktop search tools: "Two analysts issued independent warnings today suggesting Google's Desktop Search tool -- released in October -- poses security risks for the enterprise. "

Dana Hendrickson, an analyst at VPN Central warns "The most significant threat is when desktop search is used while connected to a virtual private network (VPN)"

Meta Group analyst "Hickernell told internetnews.com that the desktop will be the next battlefront in the search engine wars -- and a new front in the battle for corporate security. Google Desktop Search lets users search documents, spreadsheets, e-mail, instant messages and Web pages that have been visited by that PC. To enable this, it creates cached versions of Web content -- which could include sensitive corporate information stored on servers and accessed via a Web interface.