the webmaster tour

2006.03.19
Google Inc.'s mysterious methods for ranking Web sites came under attack Friday in a lawsuit accusing the online search engine leader of ruining scores of Internet businesses that have been wrongfully banished from its index.
The civil complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose by KinderStart.com, seeks to be certified as a class action representing the owners of all Web sites blacklisted by Google's Internet-leading search engine since January 2001.

KinderStart, a Norwalk-based Web site devoted to information about children, says it was dropped from Google's index a year ago without warning.

KinderStart alleges Google has engaged in anticompetitive behavior and misled the public by positioning its search engine as an objective source for finding Internet content. The suit seeks unspecified financial damages and a court order that would require Google to change its ways. SEO will get harder.

2006.03.30
Since it was first launched in 2001, the Global Information Technology Report has become a valuable and unique benchmarking tool to determine national ICT strengths and weaknesses, and to evaluate progress. It also highlights the continuing importance of ICT application and development for economic growth.
The Report uses the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), covering a total of 115 economies in 2005-2006, to measure the degree of preparation of a nation or community to participate in and benefit from ICT developments.

(take a look at Israel in the 19th place) Rank Country Score
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United States
Singapore
Denmark
Iceland
Finland
Canada
Taiwan
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
Netherlands
Norway
Korea
Australia
Japan
Germany
Austria
Israel
Ireland
2.02
1.89
1.8
1.78
1.72
1.54
1.51
1.49
1.48
1.44
1.44
1.39
1.33
1.31
1.28
1.24
1.18
1.18
1.16
1.15

2006.02.23
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