First, for those who are not sure what AdSense is, AdSense ads are the little Google text links (you can offer graphic links now too) that web pages display to entice browsers to click on an advertising link to another web page. The AdSense user (your web page) gets revenue each time someone clicks on one of these links from your page (it isn’t much so don’t get too excited).

But the reason to use AdSense on your page is not for the revenue. You add these links to your web site because in order to help you serve Google ads to your page, Google has to first index your entire site!  I’ve not heard of any “proof” that AdSense users get preferential treatment, but does it certainly won’t hurt! And, you might make a few bucks in the process.

For more information about how to add AdSense links to your page, see the AdSense discussion forum.

Not long ago Google announced the release of Google Suggest from beta lab testing to mainstream search products and pages. While many are touting this new launch as a great step in the development of Internet search engines my sense is we are now putting Google in a very significant position of power over our Internet experience.

Although this may seem simply to be a “smart tool” for searching relevant sites via Google, an analysis of what is really happening begins to shed light into the potential abuse this development could have in the long run.

The way the search engine works currently is the user types in as many words as necessary to express what they are looking for, and then presses enter for a response to that search request. Read the rest of this entry »