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Google Rains Cash Bonuses, Raises on All Employees

(Nov. 9) -- Try Googling the phrase "let the good times roll." Internet search engine giant Google is set to dole out $1,000 cash bonuses to all of its employees, Business Insider reported. If that wasn't enough to brighten worker spirits, CEO Eric Schmidt also announced that the company would give each and every person...

Google Maps Redraws Nicaragua-Costa Rica Border; 4 Other Google Controversies

(Nov. 8) -- A giant global company like Google is bound to step on some toes now and again, and last week the Web behemoth found itself at the center of an international border dispute. When a former Nicaraguan guerilla, Edén Pastora, took some of his men across the border into neighboring Costa Rica, media reports said...

Blekko Searches For and Slashes Reliable Results

(Nov. 1) -- Should the almighty Google watch its back? The folks working on the Blekko search engine -- not to be confused with the disgraced former Chicago mayor turned reality TV star Blago -- certainly hope so. Blekko co-founder and chief executive Rich Skrenta says the new search tool, released to the public today,...

Google Car: 5 Most Pressing Questions

(Oct. 13) -- Forget the Chevy Volt. In the not-too-distant future you may not just use Google to help you search for a new car, you might also have the Internet company drive it for you. In early October, Google announced on its blog that it was in the late stages of development for a technological adaptation that will...

Google Convicted of Defaming French Sex Offender

(Sept. 27) -- Here is one way that Google was not hoping to celebrate its 12th birthday. The Mountain View, Calif., tech giant has been convicted of defaming a French user after the search engine's Autocomplete function (aka Search Suggest) linked a convicted sex offender's name to words including "rapist," "satanist,"...

Background on search engine

A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a list of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs).

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