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 Updates Product Structured Data Guidance
Google Search Central updated its Products Structured Data documentation to clarify the product-related pages that qualify for structured data. Product Structured Data Structured data is a way to communicate information about a web page to search engines. It is not meant to be seen by users visiting a web page. Search engines use structured data to understand webpages better. It also allows search engines to display the information presented in the structured data in an attractive and… Source link
Read More »Yandex scales back “many planned investments,” withdraws 2022 financial guidance
In the instable environment created by Russia’s war on Ukraine, Yandex’s annual report to the US Security Exchange Commission (SEC) provides details on a range of pressing business issues and potential company risks. The report was issued Thursday by Yandex’s Netherlands-headquartered mother company, which has been listed on the Nasdaq since 2011. After the resignation of one of its top executive in March — Tigran Khudaverdyan, who was designated under EU and UK… Source link
Read More »Russia’s Yandex withdraws 2022 financial guidance, scales back investments
The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company’s headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register April 21 (Reuters) – Russian internet giant Yandex (YNDX.O) on Thursday withdrew its 2022 financial forecasts and said it was scaling back planned investments, one of several Russian companies grappling with Moscow’s increasing isolation in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine. Just… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin boom leaves gun-shy advisors struggling to provide crypto guidance to clients
Cryptocurrency’s breakthrough from the financial fringes to the mainstream has been characterized by major investors like Paul Tudor Jones — and some companies like Microstrategy (MSTR) and Tesla (TSLA) — dipping their toes into Bitcoin (BTC-USD). Even Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is getting in on the action. Yet some financial advisors and wealth managers appear to be struggling over how to adapt to the new era, in a sector defined by head-spinning price action, still-evolving regulation,… Source link
Read More »We’re ‘not quite ready’ to roll back travel testing guidance: CDC’s Walensky
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the U.S. isn’t ready to roll back COVID-19 masking or testing requirements, including testing for inbound travelers to the U.S. “We’re not quite ready to do so yet,” Walensky said, noting that the hospitalization rate in the country, though on the decline, is still is at a concerning level. “We always need to be prepared for what may come around the corner,” she said. Though some states on the East Coast — including New Jersey, Connecticut, and Delaware… Source link
Read More »CDC guidance exacerbates confusion over COVID-19 boosters
The month-long process leading to final interim guidance from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), following an authorization of Pfizer (PFE)/BioNTech’s (BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine booster shot has left some experts feeling queasy. “If you were paying attention to the play-by-play, it’s somewhat nauseating. It just feels weird and terrible,” said Dr. Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Indiana. Starting in August when President Joe Biden announced all… Source link
Read More »Biden administration rolls back Trump-era guidance in win for borrowers
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) scrapped another Trump-era policy on student loans, enabling state governments to resume oversight of loan servicers on behalf of borrowers within their borders. In March 2018, the ED under former Education Secretary Betsy Devos posted a legal interpretation on the Federal Register — a publication kept by the federal government about proposed rules and public notices — that effectively blocked state governments and attorneys general from taking… Source link
Read More »AbbVie Boosts 2021 Guidance as Sales Rebound From Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — AbbVie Inc. beat expectations for second-quarter profit and revenue and raised its adjusted profit guidance for the year as sales rebounded from last year’s pandemic disruptions, helped by the purchase of Allergan. Adjusted earnings for the year will be $12.52 to $12.62 a share, AbbVie said, up from a previous range that topped out at $12.57.Revenue was $14 billion for the quarter, a 34% increase from the year-earlier period that beat Wall Street’s projection of $13.65… Source link
Read More »Nasdaq futures sink as Amazon shares slide on weak guidance
S&P 500 and Dow futures opened slightly higher, while Nasdaq futures sank as the overnight session kicked off to track a decline in heavily weighted component Amazon. The three major indexes had closed out Thursday’s regular session higher as investors contemplated more corporate earnings results and a second-quarter U.S. GDP report that missed lofty economists’ expectations. But traders appeared to take the latest economic data as a sign bolstering the Federal Reserve’s case to keep… Source link
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