Monthly Archives: July 2020

Google’s Shoploop is like a telemarketing channel for influencers

It’s no secret that Google has a tight grip on the online shopping market. From its Shopping section in Search, and its large ad network, to numerous product reviews on YouTube, the company has become a staple of online consumerism. And now the company wants to capitalize on its dominance in the market with a new shopping app. Enter Shoploop, a video shopping platform for discovering, evaluating, and buying products all in one place. It’s basically like a… Source link

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Google this: Corneisha Fowler is an exemplary worker. Just ask Rush University Medical Center.

Corneisha Fowler works in guest relations at Rush University Medical Center, and her boss knows he’s lucky to have her. Fowler is a natural at dealing with patients and family members as they confront the stress that comes with walking through the front door of any hospital, even a world-class institution like Rush. “Corneisha has this innate knack for customer service,” said Ricardo Kirgan, Rush’s guest relations manager. “She puts people at ease. She knows how to talk to… Source link

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Google brings more communication tools under Gmail for business users

(Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Google is said to be working on integrating its Gmail for G suite with Chat, Meet and Rooms for its enterprise users. In the planned interface, G Suite users can join a video call from a chat window, forward a chat message to their inbox, and create a task from a chat message, all this while staying under the same tab. “We’re integrating core tools like video, chat,… Source link

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Burnt Banks Claim Fraud, Fabrications in Asian Oil-Trading Web

(Bloomberg) — Fabricated documents, suspicious transactions and $192 million in the hole. That’s the predicament two banks claim they’ve found themselves in after funding crude oil deals in the midst of Singapore’s commodities trading meltdown. The troubled transactions, outlined in court documents, offer the clearest look yet at some of the deals at the heart of a web of scandals in the Asian energy-trading hub that have already caused more than $9 billion in potential losses for… Source link

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How to file for a piece of that $117.5 million Yahoo data-breach settlement

Hey, would you look at that? Yahoo accounts finally have some value — but only if you act quickly.  The deadline is fast approaching to file a claim for a piece of the $117,500,000 settlement following multiple hacks of Yahoo’s systems, spanning 2013 to 2016, that affected 3 billion accounts. And guess what? If you had a Yahoo account between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2016 and live in the U.S. or Israel, then you could have a cash payout coming your way.  Notably, as was the… Source link

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Google’s John Mueller: “Search is Not a Science” – Search Engine Journal

Google’s John Mueller advises SEOs not to look at search ranking as an exact science with an absolute right or wrong way of doing things. Mueller spoke at length on this subject in episode three of Google’s Search Off the Record podcast. Accompanied by Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt, also from Google, Mueller discusses the flaws he sees peoples’ attitude toward ranking factors. Here are some highlights from the Google Search team’s discussion on search rankings. John Mueller on Ranking… Source link

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