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Google’s John Mueller was asked if “unlinked brand mentions” were important in Google’s algorithm. It was apparent from John’s response that “brand mentions” is probably not a real thing in Google’s algorithm, but he also said that there may be value to site visitors who encounter them. Brand Mentions There is a longstanding idea in the SEO community that Google uses mentions of a website as a form of link. One version of the idea is that if someone publishes a URL like… Source link

With President Biden set to announce a nominee to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer by the end of February, most Americans now say they’re lukewarm about his promise to pick a Black woman for the first time in U.S. history, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — while also saying the top three Black women on Biden’s shortlist are “qualified” to sit on the court. The survey of 1,628 U.S. adults, which was conducted from Feb. 3 to 7, found that a clear… Source link

When it comes to the Federal Reserve’s looming interest rate hiking cycle, speed of movement should be top of mind among investors that will have to navigate the evolving liquidity backdrop with precision.  “I think it’s the speed at which the Fed will have to move [on rates] that probably defines market behavior, not in a broad sense but in terms of leadership,” said Charles Schwab chief investment strategist Liz Ann Sonders on Yahoo Finance Live.  The Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading out… Source link

The gears powering the markets and the economy Lots of data made huge swings in 2021 as large swaths of the economy reopened, quickly sending the stock market and GDP to new record highs. As we look forward to the new year, there are two big-picture questions: Which positive trends will persist? And what are the opportunities for further growth? With that in mind, here are the charts to watch in 2022: 1: Jobs: There were 148.6 million workers employed through November, according to the BLS’s… Source link

Amazon (AMZN) missed earnings estimates in the third quarter and is expecting more pain in the near term, which one analyst says are a sign that the company is spending now to set itself up for more upside later on. “The most important investment that they’re making is in wages,” Anthony Chukumba, an analyst at Loop Capital, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). Even after increasing workers’ starting compensation from $15 an hour to over $18 an hour, adding benefits, and creating $3,000… Source link

Meet her now and you might find it hard to believe that, less than 10 years ago, 38 year-old Jessica McCabe was at the end of her rope: divorced, broke, living at home with her mother, with no viable job prospects in sight. “My career was going nowhere,” she said in an interview with Yahoo Finance. “And I went, ‘You know what, let me figure this out.’” Her first step was to look hard at the condition she had been struggling with for as long as she could remember: attention deficit… Source link

FREMONT, CA – SEPTEMBER 29: Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the new Tesla Model X Crossover SUV on September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A California jury’s $137 million verdict against Tesla (TSLA) in a racial discrimination case brought by a Black contract worker is notable for its size and because it was a rare employment grievance that played out in public court rather than in a closed-doors arbitration. “The verdict is… Source link

Google Photos is trying out an entirely new feature that could change the way we share photos and video. Google Photos is considering a new way of sharing photos and videos. GOOGLE MORE FROM FORBESApple Reveals Ground-Breaking New iPhone TechnologyBy Paul Monckton Thanks to some typically revealing forensic work from software sleuth Jane Manchun Wong, we can now see a new “Ask Friends For Photos” feature currently lying dormant within the Google Photos app, as revealed in the… Source link

Google Photos has announced a significant change that brings several new features to the iOS version of the app. Google Photos brings powerful new features to the iOS app. GOOGLE MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Accidentally Reveals New Google Pixel Smartphone UpgradeBy Paul Monckton Previously available only for Android devices, the latest update to the Google Photos photo and video editor is now finally making its way to iOS. The update, revealed in a new official Google Photos… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire George Soros Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Some investors achieve legendary status, rising far above their peers on a combination of luck and success. Perhaps no one exemplifies this more than George Soros, the Holocaust survivor who, after the war, earned a doctorate from the London School of Economics and went into the banking industry to make his mark. He was wildly successful. The hedge fund he founded, Soros Fund Management, earned an average annualized… Source link