Tag Archives: Web

Google slams Microsoft for trying ‘to break the way the open web works’

Google and Microsoft engineers might collaborate on the Chromium browser code, but that hasn’t stopped corporate politics between the pair. Google has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft today, accusing it of trying “to break the way the open web works in an effort to undercut a rival.” Google is upset about what it believes is an attack by Microsoft to undermine the company’s efforts to support journalism and publishers. In January, Google threatened to remove its search… Source link

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Google May See Web Pages As Duplicates if URLs Too Similar

Google uses a predictive method to detect duplicate content based on URL patterns, which could lead to pages being incorrectly identified as duplicates. In order to prevent unnecessary crawling and indexing, Google tries to predict when pages may contain similar or duplicate content based on their URLs. When Google crawls pages with similar URL patterns and finds they contain the same content, it may then determine all other pages with that URL pattern have the same content as… Source link

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No Plans to Speed Up Data Collection For Core Web Vitals

Google’s Core Web Vitals testing tools take 28 days to gather aggregate field data, and that likely won’t change any time soon. Google Search Advocate John Mueller stated as much during the Search Central SEO hangout recorded on March 5. Search Engine Journal’s IT Director, Vahan Petrosyan, asked Mueller about this while noting the challenges the 28-day window creates for developers and SEOs. When a change is made to a site to improve Core Web Vitals, it will be at least 28 days before… Source link

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Google Says It Wants A Privacy First Web, Here’s What That Really Means

This week, Google moved to end the third party cookie as it hailed the shift to a “privacy first” web. But with rivals such as Apple using privacy as a unique selling point, what does that really mean?  This week, Google moved to end the third party cookie as it hailed the shift to a “privacy first” … [+] web. Anadolu Agency Google is one of several big tech companies that knows a lot about people—some would say too much. A large amount of… Source link

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Google ends sale of ads using individual web tracking data

Google says it won’t develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet after it phases out existing ad-tracking technology from its Chrome browser, a change that could shake up the online advertising industry. Google says it’s taking the move to protect user privacy. It’s part of a broader shift in the industry as marketers such as Apple and regulators in the U.K., U.S. and elsewhere increasingly are seeking ways to phase out more egregious data collection… Source link

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Google Is Phasing Out Data-Driven Web Tracking And Advertising Based On Personal Browsing Activity

Google says it’s phasing out tracking based on individual users’ browsing habits. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In another major change poised to further jolt the already rocky world of digital advertising, Google plans to stop tracking individual users’ web browsing habits or selling ads based on them. Today, the Alphabet-owned search engine said it will phase out tracking users across websites without replacing third-party cookies with a new… Source link

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The whole web pays for Google and Facebook to be free

Consider all the paywalls and paid services that are rolling out across the internet. News, films, music and even theatrical streaming are now available for a subscription fee. The latest example is Twitter Inc., which announced last week that it plans a paid product, dubbed “Super Follows,” where users can charge followers for “premium” tweets and other content. The move is a way for the company to decrease its dependence on advertising revenue — a pot of money that’s… Source link

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Google to Stop Selling Ads Based on Your Specific Web Browsing

Google plans to stop selling ads based on individuals’ browsing across multiple websites, a change that could hasten upheaval in the digital advertising industry. The Alphabet Inc. GOOG -0.27% company said Wednesday that it plans next year to stop using or investing in tracking technologies that uniquely identify web users as they move from site to site across the internet. The decision, coming from the world’s biggest… Source link

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Google On Expected Impact of Core Web Vitals Update

Search Central Live Fireside Chat Danny Sullivan on Twitter Search Community Reaction to Page Experience Update Citation Google’s Danny Sullivan recently discussed the expected ranking impact of the May 2021 Page Experience Update that will integrate Core Web vitals as a ranking factor. Danny commented within the recent Search Central Live Fireside Chat and later he clarified some more on Twitter. Search Central Live Fireside Chat Someone asked a question about the impact that the Core Web Vitals… Source link

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Google’s voice recorder app getting desktop interface via web

One of the Google Pixel’s most compelling features is its voice recording app. Currently exclusively available on all Pixel phones, the voice recorder app transcribes voice (only in US-English at the moment) in real-time, even without a data connection. As reported by 9to5Google, the Google Recorder web application has arrived, albeit a bit early as the interface isn’t fully working just yet. Recorder.google.com has gone live and the site will allow you to listen to and view… Source link

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