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List of Google services and tools - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Google is currently testing a new version of its Groups service, which archives mailing lists hosted by Google in addition to Usenet posts, using the same interface as Gmail. Google Labs is akin to a directory page that links to all Google technologies under development or in beta that have not yet been made widely available. Google claimed it could be used to create similar interfaces to that of Gmail and Google Calendar. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Google_services_and_tools   (2180 words)

Google - Wikipedia Google verwendet zur Sortierung der Suchergebnisse unter anderem den sogenannten PageRank-Wert. Kritik an Google wird vor allem wegen der zweiten Gruppe von Eingriffen in den eigenen automatisierten Ranking-Betrieb laut. Google beschränkt sich auf den eigenen Hilfeseiten auf einen allgemeinen Hinweis, dass nur aufgrund lokaler Vorschriften Ergebnisse entfernt werden, dies aber mit einer Einblendung gekennzeichnet wird. de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Google   (3954 words)

Boing Boing: Why Publishing Should Send Fruit-Baskets to Google Google's new Book Search promises to save writers' and publishers' asses by putting their books into the index of works that are visible to searchers who get all their information from the Internet. While Google copies the entirety of the work, and while the works are often of a creative nature, Google is only distributing the briefest of quotations, and it can hardly be said that Google is disrupting the normal fortunes of authors and publishers in providing a searchable index of their books. Physical books will always suffer the disadvantage of forcing a reader to actually make rendezvous with a lump of atoms that is like as not thousands of kilometers from her at the moment that she wants to refer to them. www.boingboing.net /2006/02/14/why_publishing_shoul.html   (3805 words)

Lawrence Lessig That “cache” in the google book search example is not a “cahce” at all in the computer science context, which is where you are arguing. Alternatively the reproduction of books into digital form is for the purpose of creating a database that may be searched by a robot on a commercial basis or at the very least by accessing a web site that profits from users. google’s claim of “fair use” for its google book swipe appears to us mice to fail (miserably) on all three of the tests: purpose, nature of use, and effect of use upon the potential market. www.lessig.org /blog/archives/003314.shtml   (4904 words)

Google Book Search Project I guess the Google Book Search Project is a pretty hot topic and another expert on the subject cited my work in one of his essays. Google recently implemented a convoy of new machines from Kirtas Technologies called the APT BookScan 1200, which is capable of scanning up to 1200 pages per hour (Kirtas Technologies). Google Book Search operates like the Memex, following the commands of the human user and navigating to books that are relevant to the user’s research. students.haverford.edu /jhuttner/Essays/Computers/GoogleBookSearch.htm   (1452 words)

Google book search to go 'Kitaabi' In its 'mission' to "organise all the world's information and make it universally accessible," search behemoth Google is now eyeing the Hindi book segment for digitisation as part of its Book Search initiative. Only condition being that a book or a PDF format of the book has to be sent to Google for digitisation. Initially when Google announced its initiative to digitise books of various public libraries, publishers around the world feared that their business was threatened. inhome.rediff.com /money/2006/feb/09google.htm   (571 words)

The Amazoning of Google? Search Firm Looks for Book Content - 10/28/2003 - Publishers Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Google declined to specify its plans, saying only that it has had some contact with the book industry. Google has maintained that its goal of increasing search effectiveness puts it in a very different position from a commerce site like Amazon. By awakening the sleeping copy in books, Amazon might finally be drawing the publishing industry into the same arena of other print media, which long gave up trying to shield itself from the Web, in turn creating a wealth of book content online--and plenty of disagreement among publishers and authors. publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com /index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA331934&display=breakingNews&publication=publishersweekly   (397 words)

ALA | January 2006: Google Book Search: Evil or Misunderstood?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) On this show she made the point that Google’s library program was digitizing works that are under copyright, without permission of the copyright holders. Google says it is only going to provide snippets or fragments of those works in response to searches, but who’s to say what future purposes might be found for those digital copies? He made the fair-use argument several times, and claimed that the outcome of Google Book Search would be to increase access to works that otherwise might be ignored or unfound. www.ala.org /ala/alonline/inetlibrarian/2006columns/internetJan06.htm   (629 words)

Google Print is Renamed Google Book Search That's true, you are able to "search" the full text but unless the book is in the public domain, you'll only be able to read a selected amount (as determined by the publisher) online. Google has also tossed out the idea of online book rentals. Google Book Search is not the only online books search service available today or coming in the future. blog.searchenginewatch.com /blog/051117-112738   (481 words)

Technorati Tag: google book search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Google Book Search Add your book to Google search results. Under the Google click fraud settlement, advertising “credits will be awarded on a pro rata basis, taking into account the amount that you paid to... Several of these "Google Book Search Mobile" cars were parked outside the Washington Convention Center during BookExpo America 2006. www.technorati.com /tag/google+book+search   (421 words)

diglet: Thoughts on Google book search He mentioned that in Google's research, they had found that users' expectations ran the gamut from only needing little snippets of text to decide whether or not to purchase, to wanting to be able to read entire documents online, to expecting to be able to find books in libraries. This means that no matter how often google says that it is doing the books project for the greater good, their bottom line and the bottom lines of publishers and content owners will always come before the interests of the larger community. Google is (surprise!) in it for the money and restricted not by technical issues but by contractual agreements. gort.ucsd.edu /mtdocs/archives/diglet/007170.html   (799 words)

SIVACRACY.NET: More on Google's Book Search "standards"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Google is only doing what we should expect it to: provide the cheapest possible service that will generate the greatest possible revenue. Results are ordered by their relevance to the search query, rather than the date of acquisition as in the old catalog. By combining search and browse techniques in a single interface, this new catalog helps both faculty and students adapt their searches based on their specific research needs and determination of relevancy. www.nyu.edu /classes/siva/archives/002817.html   (1318 words)

LawLibTech: Google Book Search Google Book Search, previously called Google Print and Google Library Search, has engendered controversy among librarians, publishers and authors, as well as more than one lawsuit. While Google's stated goal is admirable, some authors and many publishers are perturbed by what they see as a loss of control of their intellectual property. Personally, I think Google's goal is a worthy one, and could offer a very accessible way to uncover the huge amount of information hiding in books. www.lawlibtech.com /archives/000544.html   (372 words)

John Battelle's Searchblog: Google Library: Talk About a Long Tail... Google was founded at Stanford in partial association with that university's digital library effort, so this must be a pretty proud day for Stanford, which is a participant, as well as the original Googlers. As to whether Google will allow anyone else to index the books they scan, I am pretty sure the answer is no. After all, Amazon is also scanning books, and I am sure they aren't letting others in on their hard work. Google defeated Geico in the landmark trademark case, in which Geico was trying to sue Google for allowing ads to be triggered by the Geico keyword. www.battellemedia.com /archives/001126.php   (2644 words)

Publishers balk at Google book copy plan | CNET News.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) In the letter, the association posed a series of detailed questions to Google about the project and its scope, given that the company is making a copy of books still in copyright without explicit permission from each publisher, creating the potential for financial harm to its members. Google representative Eileen Rodriguez said Tuesday that the company respects the rights of copyright holders and that Google Print "incorporates several ways to view books to protect copyright." Those include displaying only bibliographic information and a few short sentences of text for books still in copyright, she said. Fair use in the act of digitizing books has not been tested on such a massive scale, he said, and if a court would favor Google, then those rights would be granted to any search engine. news.com.com /Publishers+balk+at+Google+book+copy+plan/2100-1025_3-5719156.html   (862 words)

John Battelle's Searchblog: University of Michigan President Defends Google Book Search We are allowing Google to scan all of our books – those in the public domain and those still in copyright – and they provide our library with a digital copy. For books in copyright, it's just gonna be snippets unless the publishers give permission to show more (in which case, you might get to see a couple chapters, but probably no more than that). For books in the public domain, you will actually get to page through the full text on Google Book Search, but I think it's yet to be determined whether there'll be easy full text downloads. battellemedia.com /archives/002317.php   (3595 words)

AEI - Short Publications Under the more controversial Print Library project, Google scans books without checking with the copyright holder then shows only snippets of the texts in the user results, and copyright holders must opt out of the program if they do not wish their works to be part of the project. He warned that the opt-in model would be cost-prohibitive as it would force Google to track down every copyright holder and negotiate with them, and he found the opt-out model to be more cost-effective. Varian reiterated his praise for the project, noting that users seeking hard-to-find books currently only available in certain libraries will be better off and that any judge presiding over cases involving the book searches should take into account the promise that the project may revolutionize research. www.aei.org /publications/filter.all,pubID.24098/pub_detail.asp   (625 words)

Google Launches Book Search - CBS News Google said the material, available at http://www.print.google.com, represents the first large batch of public domain books and documents to be indexed in its search engine since the Mountain View-based company announced an ambitious library-scanning project late last year. Google declined to disclose how many books have been scanned from the libraries so far. Google postponed the scanning of copyrighted books in August to give writers and publishers more time to opt out of the program. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/11/03/tech/main1007795.shtml   (507 words)

Google Dance Syndrome Strikes Again Search engines are constantly adding and removing pages, as well as altering the algorithms they use to rank pages. Of the four most popular search engines -- Google, Yahoo, AOL and MSN Search -- Google's results are used at the first three. Do a search, and you'll be first shown what's missing and where it used to rank, based on the filter test, followed by the current top 100. www.searchenginewatch.com /searchday/article.php/3114531   (1510 words)

Google tests book search | Tech News on ZDNet Google's and Amazon's searchable book services could put the two companies on a competitive collision course. Google said that no money is exchanged between itself, publishers or booksellers if Web surfers buy a title as a result of the search feature. Google representatives could not be immediately reached for comment. zdnet.com.com /2100-1106_2-5128515.html   (679 words)

Google Introduces Book Searches Google has launched an experimental program that indexes excerpts of popular books, blending the content from these works into regular Google search results. Google itself is hosting the excerpts, and says it is ranking content using the same technology used to evaluate websites. Google says that it is interested in working with rights holders who own or control a "substantial" amount of content for inclusion in the Google Print program. www.searchenginewatch.com /searchday/article.php/3290351   (751 words)

Lawrence Lessig Concerning Google Book Search, here’s an argument, and I would be interested in seeing comments. Google is depriving the creator of the ability to exclusively sell ad’s on a Book Search system that the creator could set up. Google print is first year law school trivia - Google “caching” is stuff that should before the supreme court. www.lessig.org /blog/archives/003292.shtml   (1628 words)

Google to scan books from major libraries - Tech News & Reviews - MSNBC.com Both Google and Amazon.com already have programs that offer online glimpses of new books while an assortment of other sites for several years have provide digital access to some material in libraries scattered around the country. But Google’s latest commitment could have the biggest impact yet, given the breadth of material that the company hopes to put into its search engine, which has become renowned for its processing speed, ease of use and accuracy. Attracting visitor traffic is crucial to Google’s financial health because the company depends on revenue generated by people clicking on advertising links posted next to the main body of search results. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6709342   (807 words)

Footsteps on Clouds: Google Book Search Chirayu's blog about search engines, Google, poetry, usability, search engine optimization and marketing, writing, reading, books, cricket, musings, Haiku, teaching, and collection of interesting personal, professional, and misc. Google advertises its Book Search initiative on its Home page and makes it clear that 'Google Book Search', which was earlier known as Google Print, searches for keywords entered by the user and it only finds books related to those keywords. and not a book-reading search engine, and Google seeks support for what it calls its 'Man on the Moon' (thought impossible) mission to scan the world's books, organize them, and make them accessible and useful across the globe. chirayu.blogspot.com /2005/11/google-book-search.html   (240 words)

Technorati Tag: GooglePrint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Book Expo was a veritable hotbed of controversy as the technorati and the literati squared off over the issues of technology and copyrights. Google Buchsuche, Windows Live Publisher und Amazon Search In tomorrow's New York Times magazine, Kevin Kelly writes the best explanation I have recently read of why book digitization is a good idea and its... www.technorati.com /tag/GooglePrint   (391 words)

Google Book Search debated on RadioOpenSource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) Last week, I caught a chunk of RadioOpenSource when the focus of the show was Google's Book Search. I have noticed the new link at the bottom of each google search page to “Try your search again on Google Book Search” but hadn't really paid much attention to it. Google's project is to digitize books in a way that they will be searchable on the web. blog.ziffdavis.com /devlife/archive/2005/12/14/39491.aspx   (411 words)

Google Adds Book Search Google launched Google Print last week in beta form, which matches books to users' search terms and includes links to online booksellers sites. When users click on one of the books in the list of book titles that appear after they initiate a search, they see the page of the book that matches their search terms along with other information about the book, including reviews. Google said it partnered with several major libraries to digitize their collections and wants to work with additional publishers. www.dmnews.com /cms/dm-news/search-marketing/32959.html   (321 words)

Opinion from PC Magazine: A Google-Microsoft War I suspect that Google may well be on its way toward exercising the strategy that Netscape threatened years ago, when its executives asserted that they could take over the desktop. Google could be trying to make the browser its nexus in a desktop strategy to eliminate the need for Microsoft Windows. It's possible that the entire Google browser initiative is nothing more than a retribution maneuver, because Microsoft has recently made a lot of noise about the super search engine that it intends to roll out—a Google killer. www.pcmag.com /article2/0,1759,1706872,00.asp   (1333 words)

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