http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/googlee/default.aspxTags: googleeenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2012/03/26/the-end-of-autocomplete.aspxMon, 26 Mar 2012 13:51:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:19414Pete Prestipino0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=19414http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2012/03/26/the-end-of-autocomplete.aspx#comments<hr /> <p><b><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/g-mini.gif" style="float:left;margin:15px;" height="73" width="73" alt="" />A Tokyo District Court has approved a petition which would force Google to suspend its auto-complete search feature. </b><br /><br /> The function, which anticipates the user&#39;s query and suggests keywords/phrases based on what the user starts to type into the search box, has been the subject of several modifications in recent months including the expansion of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2011/12/05/need-to-know-6-key-google-algo-updates-for-december-2011.aspx">autocomplete predictions in December 2011</a>. &nbsp;<br /><br /> According to an <a target="_blank" href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120326a2.html">article in the Japan Times</a>, Google is refusing to remove the feature, arguing that its US headquarters can&#39;t be regulated by Japanese law. The petition evolved from a case where a man alleged that the feature breached his privacy, got him fired and caused several companies to subsequently reject him when he applied for new jobs. <br /><br /> Google previously reject the litigant&#39;s request to delete certain words on the grounds that the auto-complete suggestions were selected mechanically and not intentionally </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19414" width="1" height="1">googleejapanautocompletehttp://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2009/06/23/adsense-google-ups-the-font-size.aspxTue, 23 Jun 2009 21:39:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:8769Pete Prestipino3http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8769http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2009/06/23/adsense-google-ups-the-font-size.aspx#comments<p><b>Google announced they have increased the default font size for AdSesnse ad units.</b> </p> <p>Should you have not customized your font sizes (Google announced last week the launch of font size controls), or if your ad units are set to &#39;AdSesese default font size&#39;, you&#39;ll notice that the text in your ad units is now the equivalent of &#39;medium&#39; instead of &#39;small&#39;. </p> <p>Google said that it decided to make this change based on publisher feedback and its own internal testing, which showed that this increased font size improved performance. I personally don&#39;t have any doubts that it increases CTR (click-through rate) and ultimately earnings, which of course benefits Google the most. Let&#39;s see how well the default fonts perform and monetize, because at least to me it&#39;s actually quite aggressive visually. </p> <p><i>The default, increase font size can be seen in the image below:<br /></i></p> <p><img style="border:1px solid black;" src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/googleadsensedefaultfont.gif" height="389" width="536" alt="" /></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8769" width="1" height="1">google adsensegooglee