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Google voluntarily removed links from google.ca, the main site used by Canadians, but the court granted a temporary injunction applying to all Google sites across the world. [44] Google argued that Canadian law could not be imposed across the world but was given until June 17, 2014, to comply with the court's ruling. [45]
Google Answers' predecessor was Google Questions and Answers, which was launched in June 2001. This service involved Google staffers answering questions by e-mail for a flat fee (US$3.00). It was fully functional for about 24 hours, after which it was shut down, possibly due to excessive demand and the tough competition that Yahoo! set in place ...
Google AdSense is a program run by Google through which website publishers in the Google Network of content sites serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements that are targeted to the site content and audience. These advertisements are administered, sorted, and maintained by Google.
[8] [9] [10] The beta version Yahoo! Answers was launched to the general public on December 8, 2005 [11] [12] and was available until May 14, 2006. Yahoo! Answers was finally made available for general availability on May 15, 2006. [13] Yahoo! Answers was created to replace Ask Yahoo!, Yahoo!'s former Q&A platform which was discontinued in ...
Google Answers – online knowledge market that allowed users to post bounties for well-researched answers to their queries. Discontinued on November 28; still accessible (read-only). Writely – web-based word processor. On October 10, Writely was merged into Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Google Deskbar – desktop bar with a built-in mini browser.
Google is credited for popularizing the practice that 20 percent of an employee's time may be used for side projects. [5] At Google, this led to the development of products such as AdSense. [6] [7] While Gmail is frequently described as a 20% project, its creator Paul Buchheit states that it was never one. [8]
Criticism of Google includes concern for tax avoidance, misuse and manipulation of search results, its use of others' intellectual property, concerns that its compilation of data may violate people's privacy and collaboration with the US military on Google Earth to spy on users, [1] censorship of search results and content, its cooperation with the Israeli military on Project Nimbus targeting ...
Yahoo! Answers: 2005: 2021: All topics: 13 languages: Contributions owned by the author. Yahoo retains rights to the use, distribution or modification. [12] No Zhihu: 2011 — Many topics: Chinese and a few others: Owned and operated by the original authors. Yes, except to view answers of questions when directed from search engine