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Australia’s Standoff Against Google and Facebook Worked—Sort Of

Australia’s Standoff Against Google and Facebook Worked—Sort Of

Over Zoom, Australia’s communications minister, Paul Fletcher, has the air of a man in the middle of a victory speech. He credits his team and the country’s competition regulator for succeeding where others had failed: forcing tech giants to pay for news. “There were a lot of people saying you can’t really succeed in taking on the global digital giants,” he says, sitting beneath strip lighting in his Sydney constituency office. But Fletcher and Australia’s federal treasurer, Josh… Source link

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War in Ukraine Could Benefit Meta, Google, and Twitter Stocks. Here’s How.

War in Ukraine Could Benefit Meta, Google, and Twitter Stocks. Here’s How.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens a humanitarian disaster of catastrophic proportions. Already, hundreds of casualties have been reported, and thousands of people have fled the country. It could get much worse. The war in Eastern Europe, like all conflicts, is devastating. But it’s also hard to turn away from. Millions of people around the world have tuned into social media sites over the past few days as a modern war has played out in real time. All… Source link

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How Google Maps is tracking the Russian invasion of Ukraine

How Google Maps is tracking the Russian invasion of Ukraine

By combining Google Maps traffic information with a radar image that showed troops, Lewis and his team realized an invasion was underway hours before the news became public and from thousands of miles away in California. Russia officially announced its assault on Ukraine on Thursday morning, which President Biden called “unprovoked and unjustified.” Story continues below advertisement “In the old days, we would have relied on a reporter to show us what was happening on the ground,”… Source link

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Google On The SEO Impact Of Changing Website Hosting Location

Google On The SEO Impact Of Changing Website Hosting Location

Google addresses whether the changing your website hosting provider to one in a new location can impact SEO and search rankings. This topic is addressed in the latest installment of the Ask Googlebot video series on YouTube. The following question is submitted to Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller: “Does migrating a website hosting location affect SEO? E.g. an Australian website (and target audience) migrating its hosting location from Australia to US.” In response, Mueller says… Source link

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Buy on Google gets rid of order caps and automatic suspensions

Buy on Google gets rid of order caps and automatic suspensions

Google has updated its Buy on Google Retailer Standards policies. The changes include removing: order caps, automatic suspension via the Retailer Standards program and the “Defects” tab within the Merchant Center dashboard. The email Google sent to merchants notifying them of Retailer Standards enforcement changes. Image: Lawrence Chasse. Tip of the hat to Lawrence Chasse for bringing this to our attention. Why we care. Order caps were previously imposed on… Source link

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Leadership lessons from Google and Alphabet’s X

Leadership lessons from Google and Alphabet’s X

I’m entering year two of my second startup, this time as CEO, and I’ve been thinking a lot about best practices for starting and building a company. I spent nearly a decade working at Google and more than three years at Alphabet’s X, the moonshot factory. There I cofounded X’s first cybersecurity startup, Chronicle, before venturing out and founding Stairwell. Along the way, I learned some important management lessons and philosophies that continue to help me.  1. Create unique… Source link

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Google Rolls Out Short Titles For Product Ads

Google Rolls Out Short Titles For Product Ads

Advertisers are now able to optimize their product titles even further in Google Merchant Center. Google recently added a new optional attribute to Merchant Center called “short title”. This update allows you to be more concise and to the point with your products. Where Will The Short Title Attribute Be Shown? In comparison to the “title” attribute, which is required, the short title attribute is optional. The main difference between the title and short title attribute are as… Source link

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Google won’t fire or suspend unvaccinated employees, but they need approval to visit the office

Google won’t fire or suspend unvaccinated employees, but they need approval to visit the office

Google is no longer requiring its US-based workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to CNBC. “We’re not enforcing vaccination requirements as a condition of employment for US office workers at this time,” Google spokesperson Lora Lee Erickson said in a statement to The Verge after we first published this article. “We’re continuing to implement our vaccination policy requiring COVID-19 vaccinations or approved accommodations for any individuals accessing our sites,… Source link

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How Google, Apple and Amazon fared in Q4

How Google, Apple and Amazon fared in Q4

Big Tech disruptors have their eyes on healthcare but have reported positive financial results driven by their core business models in the fourth quarter of 2021. Google An increase in digital advertising on Google’s searches, video and internet platforms helped push sales 27 percent higher year over year, and its cloud sales increased 45 percent to $5.54 billion in the period. The company logged sales of $72.23 billion and profit of $19.91 billion from October to December 2021. Apple In… Source link

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