Google’s John Mueller advises site owners that deleting a sitemap won’t prevent URLs from being crawled in the future. This topic is discussed in the latest episode of the Ask Googlebot video series on YouTube. Mueller addresses a question asking if it’s possible to turn off or delete a sitemap from Google Search Console. Deleting a sitemap is possible, and it’s not hard to do either, but if the intention is to stop Googlebot from crawling the URLs then site owners will have to employ a… Source link
Read More »Joel Embiid won’t return in Game 4 due to right knee soreness
Joel Embiid won’t return in Game 4 due to right knee soreness originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Philadelphia star center Joel Embiid won’t return in the second half of Game 4 against the Wizards in the first round of the NBA playoffs on Monday. Embiid hit the floor hard after attacking the rim with some force, but Washington center Robin Lopez stood tall to his steam-rolling effort and blocked his shot before Embiid was sent backward to the ground, awkwardly bending his right… Source link
Read More »NBA won’t suspend LeBron James over COVID-19 protocols
LeBron James‘ reported breach of NBA health and safety protocols led to no visible consequences for the Los Angeles Lakers star. Charles Barkley isn’t surprised. During an interview with LaJethro Jenkins on Yahoo Sports’ “Dunk Bait,” the NBA Hall of Famer discussed James reportedly attending a promotional event for a tequila before the NBA’s play-in tournament, in which the Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors to return to the NBA playoffs. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported Saturday morning… Source link
Read More »Deshaun Watson, accusers won’t settle, so it’s NFL’s hands
HOUSTON — A moment of clarity arrived for the Houston Texans‘ Deshaun Watson with Thursday’s revelation that four women met with NFL investigators regarding their civil lawsuits against the star quarterback. The league now has testimony from some of Watson’s accusers, and one way or another, it will have to decide what to do with that information. It’s a crossroads between Watson’s civil litigation and an NFL investigation that was never guaranteed to materialize given the reality… Source link
Read More »Airlines won’t call travelers’ COVID-19 vaccination proof vaccine passports
The world awaits pandemic weary travelers, who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and ready to hit the road. United Airlines (UAL) announced Monday, in its Q1 earnings report, that it will begin flying this July to Iceland, Greece, and Croatia “moving to capitalize on emerging pent-up demand for travel to countries where vaccinated travelers are welcome.” The key, of course, is for a passenger to prove they have been vaccinated. Countries like Israel and China are already using digital… Source link
Read More »Nearly two-thirds of players say won’t attend workouts
There are now 19 teams whose players say they will not report to voluntary offseason NFL workouts without COVID-19 protocols. The list has been growing since Tuesday when Denver Broncos players announced they will not show up to voluntary, in-person workouts. They released a statement through the NFL Players Association and over half the league followed suit in the ensuing days. 19 teams will not report to voluntary workouts The Philadelphia Eagles became the 19th team on Sunday morning… Source link
Read More »Firefox, Edge, Safari, and other browsers won’t use Google’s new FLoC ad tech
Google is going it alone with its proposed advertising technology to replace third-party cookies. Every major browser that uses the open source Chromium project has declined to use it, and it’s unclear what that will mean for the future of advertising on the web. A couple of weeks ago, Google announced it was beginning to test a new ad technology inside Google Chrome called the Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC. It uses an algorithm to look at your browser history and place you in… Source link
Read More »Changing Dates on Pages Won’t Improve Rankings
Google’s John Mueller advises that changing publishing dates on web pages will not improve search rankings if no significant changes were made to the content. Mueller offers this advice during the Google Search Central SEO hangout recorded on April 1. A site owner submits a question to Mueller regarding updating the dates on their website’s photo galleries every time they make minor changes. They ask Mueller if updating publishing dates will have any ranking benefit in Google search… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin hit an all-time high — Here’s why Warren Buffett still won’t touch it
Bitcoin hit an all-time high — Here’s why Warren Buffett still won’t touch it The past year has been groundbreaking for Bitcoin. And just recently the cryptocurrency hit an all-time high: Over $61,000 for one unit — late-to-the-party investors bemoaned having missed out. So what does the world’s most famous investor think of Bitcoin? It’s “probably rat poison squared,” Warren Buffett once said. If you listen to the billionaire, cryptocurrency may not be the big financial opportunity… Source link
Read More »Google’s new privacy policy for Chrome won’t stop targeted ads
Google parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) Chrome browser said this week that it won’t deploy other web-tracking tools after phasing out third-party cookies in 2022. But that won’t transform your online experience, or stop you from seeing ads for whiskey if you’ve just looked up how to mix a Manhattan. “You’re 100% still being targeted,” Elizabeth Renieris, an affiliate of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for… Source link
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