Google Chrome’s Incognito mode isn’t necessarily as private as it might sound, but for years, users could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. Ahead of a pending $5 billion class action lawsuit settlement, Google is beginning to clarify its data usage policies to highlight the ways it and others may still monitor your internet activity—even while in Incognito. As first spotted by MSPowerUser earlier this week, Google has quietly updated Incognito’s start page in… Source link
Read More »Google Clarifies How Algorithm Chooses Search Snippets
Google updated their search snippet documentation to clarify what influences Google’s algorithm for choosing what to display as the snippet in the search results. This change may represent a big change in how meta descriptions are written and how content is optimized. Google Search Results Snippets A webpage displayed in the search engine results pages (SERPs) consists of a title, a URL breadcrumb and a one to two sentence description of what the webpage is about. That last part is called… Source link
Read More »Google Clarifies Product Review Best Practices
Google updated the documentation on how to write product reviews to add examples of kinds of product reviewers and to tighten the focus of the documentation with more precise wording. Overall there were three removals from the original document (out of 21 lines). There were also seven additions to the document, resulting in 24 total lines. Product Review Best Practices For Writing Google’s Search Central documentation on how to write product reviews is meant to provide product review… Source link
Read More »Dana White clarifies stance on fighter pay, says UFC made ‘big mistakes’ with Shane Burgos
Dana White did not appreciate his ‘fun’ interview with GQ being taken out of context. (Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) UFC president Dana White hadn’t had a great rant in a while, but that changed on Tuesday during a 23-minute interview with Yahoo Sports. White erupted when asked about comments he made about fighter pay during a video last week with GQ. For the interview, GQ gave White questions from Twitter and he answered them. Most were innocuous — one asked if he… Source link
Read More »Google Clarifies Title Tag Guidance
Google updated the Search Central guidelines for controlling how it displays title tags in search. The update didn’t change the guidance itself, but it did make it substantially more straightforward and removed multiple ambiguities in the wording that made it difficult to understand. Google Changes Title Tags Title tags are meta elements whose purpose is to describe what a web page is about. They are also ranking factors. For that reason, many publishers use the title tag to indicate what… Source link
Read More »Google Clarifies Course Structured Data Requirements
Google updated the Course structured data requirements for appearing in the Course rich results. Failure to follow the guidelines may result in not qualifying for the rich result. While the added requirement is not new, it was previously missing from the Course structured data requirements page. Course Structured Data The Schema structured data for courses is what schools use to appear in the associated rich results, which can appear as a carousel. The official Schema.org website defines the… Source link
Read More »Sean McDermott clarifies comment on Bill Belichick
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott respects New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick. McDermott attempted to walk back a quote from earlier in the season where he appeared to take a shot at Belichick after the Patriots beat the Bills. Following Buffalo’s loss in Week 13, McDermott said, “Let’s not give more credit than we need to give credit to Bill Belichick in this one.” It came off as petulant considering Belichick’s Patriots just won the game. McDermott said he never meant it… Source link
Read More »Google Clarifies Its Stance On Post-Cookie Advertising IDs – And It’s Not Good For Ad Tech
Google gave its clearest guidance yet regarding how the company will treat shared advertising identifiers once third-party cookies are removed from Chrome. And it’s not good news for ad tech companies that have championed universal ID programs. In March, Google’s director of product management for ads privacy and trust, David Temkin, confirmed in a company blog post that Google would not build alternate identifiers once third-party cookies are deprecated in Chrome, nor allow… Source link
Read More »Trevor Lawrence clarifies comments about motivation
Trevor Lawrence wants to make things clear. He didn’t misspeak in his Sports Illustrated profile, you just misheard him. Lawrence took to Twitter on Saturday to further explain comments he made to “Sports Illustrated.” Lawrence raised some eyebrows after saying he thought it was unhealthy to manufacture sleights just to give yourself extra motivation to win games. Those comments angered some football fans, who demand their quarterback live, breathe and consume football 24/7. As Lawrence… Source link
Read More »Google Clarifies SharedArrayBuffer Email
What is a SharedArrayBuffer? Why You Received the SharedArrayBuffer Message Why is SharedArrayBuffer (SAB) a Problem? Chrome and Firefox Change How SharedArrayBuffers are Handled What You Have to Do to Fix SharedArrayBuffer Issue Identifying SAB Usage A Lot to Take In Citations Google’s Search Central issued a clarification over a confusing message sent out last week by the Google Search Console regarding SharedArrayBuffer issues. Google also updated it’s guide to guide to enabling cross-origin… Source link
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