Is Google conspiring to bury anti-Obama links on its Trends page?

PrisonPlanet.com, the site responsible for disseminating Charlie Sheen's President Obama slash fanfic, is alleging that the search giant has conspired to scrub an anti-Obama YouTube clip from its search trends page. If you're not familiar with Google's "hot ... continue

Is Google scared of Islam?

Remember back in the summer when that screenshot was making the rounds that appeared to suggest, via Google search suggestions, that black people were more likely to steal cars than white ones? Google is again being accused of ... continue

Google still on announcing kick, now introducing “living stories”

Google's still feeling all announcey, with the addition of something called "living stories" to its repertoire of announcements over the past few days. The project looks like the Google News topic pages got drunk and shagged Wikipedia, and ... continue

Google jokes: Find Chuck Norris

Unlike the "white people stole my car" Google joke, this one works. If you go to Google and type "find Chuck Norris" into the search box, then hit "I'm feeling lucky," hilarity ensues. If you're not tired of ... continue

Google searches indicate economy is recovering. Slowly.

Hal Varian, Google's chief economist, has noticed some significant, promising changes trending since March. Unemployment searches are down, real estate searches are up, and temporary employment (which often is a pre-indicator for a recovery in the permanent kind) ... continue

Google celebrates the “Unexplained Phenomenon,” but why?

For the past day, Google's main logo has been replaced with one featuring a flying saucer. Clicking on the image pulls up a search for "unexplained phenomenon," but there's no discernable reason why Google is marking today and ... continue

Real or fake? “White people stole my car” is big on Google

For the past week, the phrase "white people stole my car" has been Googled like crazy. Perplexingly, though, there were few results yielded by this popular search and most links lead to some fairly nasty malware. Finally, the ... continue

Google Unveils New Website Traffic Tool

You can now track web site stats with Google Trends, thanks to a new toolset called -- fittingly enough -- Google Trends for Websites. The utility lets you chart out traffic for any site and even break down ... continue