Are you planning to close your website for a day or longer? According to advice from Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller, here are five ways to prepare. Mueller shares this advice in tweets while linking to relevant Google help pages. Spoiler alert — there’s no good way to close a website temporarily. You should avoid doing it if at all possible. However, there are things you can do to keep the negative impact to a minimum. Mueller’s recommendations include: Use HTTP 503 status… Source link
Read More »Russians try to sell Big Macs for $36 each and a McDonald’s paper bag for more than $300, following the closure of branches
Russians have been attempting to sell McDonald’s menu items on Russian website Avito.faber1893/Shutterstock Russians are trying to sell McDonald’s menu items online, following branch closures. Popular items like Big Macs and McMuffins have been offered at inflated prices. One listing on a classified ads website offered McDonald’s packaging for up to $373. Russians are attempting to sell McDonald’s menu items online at highly inflated prices, following the closure of more than 800 restaurants in… Source link
Read More »McDonald’s joins corporate America’s exit from Russia with closure of 850 restaurants
As the West rolls out more sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, another consumer favorite joins the list: Big Macs. McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) said Tuesday the U.S.-based fast-food giant will temporarily close all restaurants in the country and pause operations in its Russian market, heeding to growing criticism over its silence on the conflict even as other multinational companies have severed ties with the nation. “We serve millions of Russian customers each day who count on… Source link
Read More »Google Maps leads Nevada-bound drivers astray with Interstate 80 closure
Google doesn’t always know best. Despite warnings to avoid travel after a massive snowstorm that started Christmas weekend closed major highways, thousands of people insisted on trying to drive into or out of the socked-in Sierra Nevada. Some needed to get home. Some wanted to visit family. Some just wanted to play in the snow. Some were led astray by poor judgement. And many were led astray by Google Maps, which offered alternate driving routes that sent drivers to snowy dead ends.
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