Posted March 29th, 2008
by admin
Chanced upon this site that roughly checks traffic statistics for Wikipedia.
The importance of this tool checker is that we get an idea how popular a page is to be able to rank number one in the Google search page. With that, we also get an idea how many visitors- more or less that we need for our own sites (depending on our niche or popularity) to be number 1 in Google search.
For example, the Wiki page for “gravity” appears number one on the Google search. In the statistics checker, the said article “gravity” has been viewed 115447 in February 2008. Views through out the month ranges between 2,300 to 5,000 views per day.
The checker is still on beta and of course carries a disclaimer that it is prone to manipulation and or attack so we shouldn’t “base any important decisions on these stats,” according to the independent site.
Never mind if it’s inaccurate or inconclusive (for now?), use the checker for fun and general information. It doesn’t hurt to know a few stats on important keywords in Wikipedia translating into rankings in Google search.
Posted March 11th, 2008
by admin
Yesterday in Google’s Official Blog, Google’s VP of Engineering, Douglas Merrill reiterated (or defended?) its security policy specifically in handling confidential information they gather every time we use one of their products- be it in search, gmail, Picasa and others.
He cited four areas in which Google prides itself when it comes to keeping our data secure, namely: Google’s Philosophy, Technology, Process and People. All four combined gives Google an edge from the rest. So the VP says in so many words.
This is really nothing special because most if not all companies abide by the same principle. Most are just better than others but follow the same codes of conduct nonetheless.
What’s interesting is how Google boasts of keeping what they know to themselves BUT at the same time use the very same confidential information to feed us with personalized unsolicited ads found every time we use their services.
Isn’t it odd to receive your travel itinerary in your inbox and finding sponsored links from Google with the same information as that found in your email along side the letter? That’s handling our private information, all right! They don’t share our information but their bots get to read the content of our emails so they can bombard us with ads we’re not interested in. They make money from reading our mails and knowing our internet habits! Well, our privacy isn’t so private after all over the internet… © 2008
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