Is Google Dead?
December 13th, 2011
Since the introduction of Google in 1998, it has progressively become the world’s most popular search engine. Processing over one billion requests and twenty petabytes of data every day, the word has even worked its way into everyday usage and been awarded entries into various English dictionaries. Although it quickly surpassed more traditional search engines such as Yahoo and MSN Live, its rapid growth attracted a lot of criticism – specifically in the marketing and publishing industries. buy google + one
With its acquisition of popular Web publishing program DoubleClick in 2007, the corporate monolith also acquired a large list of DoubleClick’s clients. The technology featured in the program allowed Google to utilize behavioral targeting to its fullest, drawing criticism from users that this invaded their privacy by tracking their behavior on the Internet.
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