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February 14, 2005
Google Ads
Most frequently read blogs have Google ads on them. But is this wise?
Employees of U.S.-based search engine Google gave $207,650 to federal candidates for the 2004 elections -- virtually all of it to Democrats.Now, this is not the first time conservatives have run amok with Google. First, Google barred advertisements for religious conservatives.A USA Today analysis published Monday indicated 98 percent of the money went to Democrats, the most-lopsided giving of any of the top tech company donors.
Microsoft was the biggest tech donor, with its political action committee contributing $3.1 million last year, 60 percent to Democrats.
Also, Little Green Footballs seemed to have trouble being listed in Google News being denied several times (even tough the Democratic Underground was not).
Microsoft released a new search engine; I think I'll use that for a while...props to Drudge.
UPDATE: I forgot this little morsel that Michelle linked to again today from Google "News" that proclaimed: Gonzales confirmed: war criminal to head US Justice Department.
Posted by Aaron at February 14, 2005 07:59 PM
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Aaron: I heard this last year and also heard, and this hearsay, that they were "trapping" donor info regarding political donations. I think I'll remove my Google tool bar also.
Posted by: DoctorDentons at February 14, 2005 08:30 PM
I stopped using Google News back in July 2003 when I found an article link that read "Uncanny Resemblance! OfficialSpin" along with thumbnail images of G.W. Bush and Adolph Hitler. Following the link took me to a PR site that also accepts essays like this piece of lefty moonbat trash.
Since Google News was relatively new then, I figured this was just a slip-up in their "algorithms". I figured I would bring it to their attention, so I immediately e-mailed Google a message with the link and my observation that this was not from a legitimate news site and my suggestion that they remove it from Google News.
Six days later I received their response:
While our news sources vary in perspective and editorial approach, their selection for inclusion is done without regard to political viewpoint or ideology. An article's placement on our main page is determined entirely by a mathematical algorithm, based on many factors including how often and where a story appears on the Internet. We do make an effort to group sites that seem biased with contrasting sites, to give a well rounded perspective on the topic.
We hope that you will find reports within Google News that strike you as unbiased as well as those espousing obvious viewpoints. The beauty of this service is that you get to determine which accounts you wish to read.
The beauty of their system is that I am also free to ignore it.
It sounds like they are still peddling inconsistent explanations in response to complaints about their biased selection process.
Posted by: Mike G. at February 14, 2005 09:08 PM
Aaron and Mike G....lets follow this a bit farther shall we. We just may be onto something .
Posted by: DoctorDentons at February 14, 2005 09:56 PM
That friggin' does it...yahoo and MSN from now on...they can hang their left-leaning searches on Kos' ass for all I care...
Posted by: ProfShade at February 15, 2005 12:06 AM
I've expanded my comment (above) on a personal web page with some added details and observations.
Posted by: Mike G. at February 15, 2005 09:17 AM
Mighty damning stuff, Mike. Thanks for the info...
Posted by: ProfShade at February 15, 2005 04:10 PM