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FeedSquares for Chrome Is a Fun, Visual Way to Browse Your News Feeds. Hard-Coding Bias in Google "Algorithmic" Search Results. Disclosure: I serve as a consultant to various companies that compete with Google.

Hard-Coding Bias in Google "Algorithmic" Search Results

But I write on my own -- not at the suggestion or request of any client, without approval or payment from any client. Google gives its Finance and Health services top on-screen positions. Search for a stock ticker (example: CSCO), and the three most prominent links on the page -- the large-type all-caps ticker symbol, the large price chart, and the left-most details link -- will all take you to Google Finance. Google Finance isn't the most popular finance site; according to ComScore, Yahoo Finance claims that title, and indeed ComScore puts Google Finance in position #60 (as of April 2010). Nonetheless, the three most prominent links all promote Google's in-house finance service. The Future of Google TV is.. Google TV is going to be very interesting.

The Future of Google TV is..

It is far from a certainty that it will be more than Apple TV in terms of consumer sales. From a first glance the Marketplace is the most important and interesting element of the announcement. As a development platform, Android creates the potential for untold unique and interesting applications that could capture users imagination. Early on, I don’t think TV oriented apps will have the most impact. If I understood the announcement, in the beginning of 2011, there will be an Android Marketplace.