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Google announces grant for creation of a Rural Local Initiative in Alabama

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WIAT) -– Google will provide a $50,000 grant to the Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation for the creation of a Rural LISC Alabama chapter. The Google Alabama Rural Works P3 Cohort will identify and train a diverse workforce, focusing on historically underrepresented populations in the state’s northern counties, and utilizing Northeast Alabama Community College as a hub for delivering short-term career technical tracks. Potential training tracks… Source link

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Using Google Local Service Ads? Why Not?

PHOTO: Brian Harro | unsplash Think about the last time you tried to find a plumber. Did you use Google to find a national provider and then use their website to find a local provider? Probably not. Did you search for “best plumber in (my town)?” That’s more likely. But even more likely is you looked for “plumber” and Google did the rest, automatically reading your location and presenting you with a list of ads and organic results of plumbers in your area. This system, which… Source link

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Give local journalism freedom to battle Facebook, Google

Like other businesses, your local news outlets battle every day to convince customers we’re worth the money. On one side are those who’d like to read us but their generation never developed the daily newspaper habit. They’ll see a link to one of our articles that a friend posted on Facebook and they’re furious when they can’t open it without paying. That’s a battle we think we can win. We let them read enough free samples that we hope to convince them of the value a digital subscription… Source link

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Lightspeed teams up with Google to help retailers increase local shopping revenue

Integration allows omnichannel retailers to automate ads and real-time inventory levels directly from the Lightspeed platform                            MONTREAL, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Lightspeed (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD), a leading provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms, announced today it will integrate Google tools directly into its platform, to help independent businesses globally as they safely re-open and expand their in-store capacity…. Source link

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Yahoo Answers stops answering | Connect FM | Local News Radio

Orbon Alija/iStock (NEW YORK) — Get your final questions ready, because Tuesday marks the last day users can post on Yahoo Answers. First created in 2005, Yahoo Answers is a message board for people to post questions which can then be answered by anyone on the internet willing to help. Questions posted to the site range from asking the pros and cons of Ready Mix Concrete, to how to replace a car battery, to whether the Chicago Bears will ever win another Super Bowl. Unlike posting… Source link

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Wallace named a Yahoo entrepreneur to watch | Local News

Laura Wallace, a businesswoman based in Hagerstown, has been named to Yahoo’s Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch list. Wallace is the branding and mindset coach at LauraAura and CEO of Hagerstown-based Worx Graphic Design. She also hosts “The Gutsy Podcast.” “What an absolute honor to be named as one of Yahoo!’s top 10 female entrepreneurs to watch. It’s awe-inspiring to be in the company of such powerful, amazing women chosen by Yahoo!,”… Source link

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Yandex.Lavka e-grocery service expands to Kazan and bets on ‘shop local’ trend – Retail Times

Yandex.Lavka, the on-demand e-grocery delivery service launched by Russia’s NASDAQ-listed tech giant Yandex, announces its expansion. The service, which delivers approximately 2,500 types of essential and non-essential goods in a variety of categories, such as groceries, ready meals, hot drinks and smart Yandex devices within 10-15 minutes of receiving the order, is now available in Kazan, a city of 1.3 million in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan. Kazan joins Moscow, St…. Source link

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Local Google IT certificate program draws notice from tech giant

A Google IT Support Professional Certificate program that was launched at the start of 2020 by Mohawk Valley Community College was noted in the Google technology company’s annual Economic Impact Study for New York. The report, issued last week, referred to the MVCC program in a section titled “Helping New York businesses and job seekers.” The report said “Google is invested in expanding access to Google Career Certificates to help more people—particularly underserved—grow their… Source link

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