Google Stuff

Google Showing Ads In Regular SERPS
I didn't see anything on TW or elsewhere about this, but it's really amazing to see how many more ODP descriptions and META descriptions are taking the place of snippets in Google's SERPs. If this keeps up, SEOs will be begging DMOZ to remove their sites from the directory, so they can get their META descriptions (aka ad copy) displayed. Google "...

Is Google PageRank Dead?
There have been several Blog and forum appearances that the PageRank in the toolbar is for entertainment purposes only - are they accurate?

Preventing AdSense Clicks by Home Network Users
"Some weeks ago, my wife nearly clicked on my ads, as she was searching for vacation destinations and found a page from me."

Google Employees Running Adwords Accounts - Conflict?
DougS pointed out this thread at Webmasterworld where on the second page, an anonymous Google employee confirms that many Googlers run Adwords accounts. As you can imagine, this has fueled much debate over the ethics of such an arrangement, particularly in light of the original posters situation...