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Ten years have passed since Google introduced the Penguin algorithm and took a stronger stance on manipulative link-building practices. The algorithm has had a number of updates and has become a real-time part of the core Google algorithm, and as a result, penalties have become less common, but still exist both in partial and site-wide format.  Screenshot by author, May 2022 For the most part, Google claims to ignore a lot of poor-quality links online, but is still alert and monitoring for… Source link

After several Illinois residents received checks in the mail following a Facebook settlement, more are now expected as part of a new Google settlement. It all stems from the same Illinois law. The lawsuits against Google and Facebook claimed the companies violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Neither company has admitted wrongdoing in the cases, but settlements led to checks for many residents. Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Act prohibits private sector… Source link

Google Workspace Essentials Starter is a free plan offering teams within an organization access to Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Chat and Google Meet. Image: Adobe Stock/IB Photography Google offers a variety of Workspace plans for businesses and schools – virtually all the plans require a paid subscription. But maybe you don’t need a full Google Workspace plan; instead, you may want Google Drive, Google Docs and other features for a specific team or project… Source link

Apple said Monday that its next-generation CarPlay system will power the vehicle’s entire instrument cluster, the next move in its battle against Android Automotive OS, Google’s in-vehicle operation system, to dominate dashboards around the world. The growing size and number of screens inside vehicles gives the iPhone an opportunity to play a bigger role, regardless of the size of the screen or the shape of its layout. Integrating deeper into the vehicle and… Source link

Follow this step-by-step guide on how to set up multiple Chrome profiles for different uses. Image: Adobe Stock/monticellllo You might use Google Chrome as your primary browser for professional and personal communication. For that reason, you may want to create more than one Chrome profile, one for work and another for personal correspondence. Each Chrome profile can store and maintain its own bookmarks, history, passwords and other content. And you can tap into the… Source link

Google has agreed to pay $100 million to Illinois residents to settle a class-action lawsuit over one of its facial recognition features in Google Photos (via Gizmodo). The complaint alleges Google’s face grouping tool, which automatically identifies your face in photos and videos uploaded to Photos, violates Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Introduced in 2008, the BIPA bars companies from collecting and storing any sort of biometric data, including a “retina or… Source link

Reuters  —  An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory” videos drove him out of politics. The Federal Court found the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) company intentionally made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube website… Source link

A group of Google contractors says they’ve been underpaid by the agency that recruited them, resulting in thousands of dollars in unpaid wages per affected worker. The earliest reports occurred as long ago as 2019, and workers say the payroll errors are happening so regularly that they believe it to be a kind of systematic wage theft. Guy Mylius, a contract employee in the Bay Area, found out about the issue four months into his job, when co-workers recommended he check his pay stub… Source link

Arkady Volozh, CEO and co-founder of Russian tech giant Yandex, stepped down on Friday. His resignation came after the EU imposed sanctions on him. Volozh is the fourth member of Yandex’s board to step down so far this year. … Source link

Yandex’s CEO Arkady Volozh (left) speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) in 2017.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Arkady Volozh, CEO and co-founder of Russian tech giant Yandex, stepped down on Friday. His resignation came after the EU imposed sanctions on him. Volozh is the fourth member of Yandex’s board to step down so far this year. Arkady Volozh, cofounder of Russian tech giant Yandex, has resigned as CEO and executive director of the company after the EU sanctioned him personally. The… Source link