[ NNSquad ] Google using Sponsored Search Links to explain its new China policy

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Google is now using sponsored links associated with relevant search
terms to explain their new China policy.  For example, the Google
search:

http://bit.ly/74692n  (China+Google)

currently shows a Sponsored Link on the right pointing at the recent
Official Google Blog posting on the topic (that I discussed in this
blog item of my own) --

"Bulletin: Google Will No Longer Censor Chinese Search Results -- May
 End China Operations"

http://bit.ly/51Xqd6

As long as this technique doesn't distort natural search results in an
inappropriate manner, it seems like an acceptable and indeed quite
useful approach to getting the word out about an Internet issue of
wide interest and importance.

--Lauren--
NNSquad Moderator