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A post by French blog Zorgloob has raised a flurry of rumors about Google organic rankings being influenced by Google AdWords advertising. Zorgloob posted screenshots from an internal Google tool that assigns scores and classifications to Google's organic listings raising questions about the way the Google SERPs are determined.

It’s not clear exactly how much money Specific Media got in a recent round of funding.  What is clear, though, is that the online advertising company intends to go on an acquisition spree.

A French blog presented a glimpse of Google's search rankings hitherto unseen by anybody outside the AdWords sales department. The big discovery: dollar amounts ascribed organic rankings, among other bits of information.

So what if the real estate market is tanking?  I think that’s much more interesting to read about than a break-even or everybody-gets-rich scenario, and some investors may feel the same way; Curbed.com, a blog that covers real estate, just received $1.5 million in funding.

I’ve never thought of Classmates.com in any sort of “professional capacity”; I’ve just dodged its banner ads while doing my daily browsing.  There’s no dodging this, however: the owner of Classmates.com has filed for a $125 million IPO.

Beginning in May, Yahoo email users will have unlimited storage available to keep all of their messages and attachments in the service.

TechCrunch maven Michael Arrington and former Netscape head Jason Calacanis will team up to run the TechCrunch20 Conference, where tech startups will be highlighted based on merit instead of fees. Their choice of venue to announce the new show just happened to be the first day of DEMO, a conference that highlights startups and charges a hefty fee for them to attend.

Last Friday, I wrote about a different model of customer support.