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Google’s third-party cookie ban, explained

Google announced on Wednesday that third-party cookies are over — at least, as far as its ad networks and Chrome browser are concerned. This represents a significant change for the ad business and seems to be a step forward for privacy, but it’s also a limited one. It doesn’t mean that Google will stop collecting your data, and it doesn’t mean the company will stop using your data to target ads. What Google… Source link

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Superb Owl meme, explained: How a common Google typo trends every Super Bowl Sunday

Let’s get it out of the way: There’s nothing complicated about the Superb Owl meme that takes over certain corners of the Internet on Super Bowl Sunday. It may have started as a mistake, although its origins aren’t clear. But it’s obvious how it works — move the ‘b’ that starts ‘bowl’ to the end of ‘super.’ What’s that form? Superb Owl. Owls are a fascinating creature. They aren’t one that small children identify with in the way they do with cows that say “moo” and cats that go… Source link

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Short squeeze explained: Yahoo U

For more business and finance explainers, check out our Yahoo U page. Volatile price moves in beaten-down stocks like GameStop (GME) and AMC (AMC) are grabbing national attention and introducing a bevy of wonky trading terms into the popular lexicon. Discussions in Reddit forums, such as Wall Street Bets, are now dinner table fodder. And it all started last week with surging prices in a basket of stocks — a classic “short squeeze.” Supply and demand The modern stock market — an… Source link

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Short squeeze explained: Yahoo U

The Daily Beast Biden and Dems Play Good Cop-Bad Cop on COVID Relief Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyWith more than a trillion dollars in relief for the coronavirus pandemic hanging in the balance, nine Republican senators and one Democratic president entered the Oval Office on Monday evening having promised to hear each other out. But after nearly two hours of discussing the vast gap between their plans to fund the fight against the virus and the economic calamity it has wrought,… Source link

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Google SEO 101: Website Crawl Budget Explained

Google goes in depth on crawl budget, answering some of the most common SEO-related questions in the latest episode of SEO Mythbusting. Joined by Merkle’s Alexis Sanders, Google’s Martin Splitt answers over a dozen questions that SEOs frequently ask about crawl budget. Here’s a quick recap of each question and answer, along with its corresponding time stamp in the video. What is crawl budget? (1:15)Crawl budget is the balance between crawling as much content on a site as quickly as… Source link

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