A Trio of Google Items (Plus Another!)

One: Fred is at it again, sharing his AdSense data. This time I think he did in fact violate AdSense TOS. Not in saying AdSense Image ads suck, but in providing click through rates. Hawk comments here.

Two: Google’s Web Accelerator is turning into something of a PR nightmare. Some coverage:

Google’s Accelerator Breaks Web Apps, Security (ZD)

Google Accelerator: Be Careful Where You Browse (/.)

(also of note, Tristan Louis’s thoughts on how GWA is really a stealth search tool for Google)

Three: Google’s policy on political ads once is again getting tested. This time it’s ads attacking both DeLay and Pelosi. (Mercury News)

And Four: Various reports, including Om’s, that Google was down today at around 3.15 pm, and that someone called “SOGO” hijacked google.com.