Submission + - Announcing New Google Issues Discussion Forum (vortex.com)
Lauren Weinstein writes: "New moderated forum for serious discussion of Google-related issues, sponsored by PFIR. Registration not required for posting. Users can create new discussion category threads as appropriate.
Initial topics:
* Search Issues: Discussions concerning Google policies and operations that affect Google search results, rankings, the manner in which Web sites are "spidered" by Google for content, search engine optimization (SEO), and related topics
* Gmail: Issues related to Google's "Gmail" service
* Advertising — AdSense, AdWords, etc.: Issues related to Google advertising platforms and services
* Privacy and Intellectual Property: Google privacy and intellectual property issues that are not specific to other Google discussion topic categories
* Book Search: Issues associated specifically with Google's "Book Search" service
* YouTube and Google Video: Policies and operational aspects of Google's YouTube service and Google Video
* Communications with Google: Positive or negative experiences related to communications/contacts with Google regarding any relevant issues, experiences, concerns, disputes, etc.
* Miscellaneous: All Google issues that do not currently fall into any of the other Google discussion categories — Lauren —"
