Two recent rulings have come out of Europe that have one Tech giant (Google) happy and another (Facebook) with potentially a lot of extra work to do to comply with European law. Facebook has now been told that EU courts can now force them to remove ‘illegal comments’ worldwide. The Next Web wrote: “EU law does not preclude a host provider like Facebook from being ordered to remove … [Read more...]
Answers to queries right in the address bar?
I read an article on Search Engine Journal with regards to an upcoming update of Google Chrome. Forget about Zero search clicks and go straight to zero query answers. From the article: “Now on both desktop and Android, answers will show up inside the address bar where you type your query—whether you’re looking for results about sporting events or instant answers about the local … [Read more...]
Subdomain leasing – another potential revenue source?
I read an article on subdomain leasing that I thought was kind of interesting. I can't say I read anything on this topic before. The article was published on SearchEngineLand.com. The author on SEL was of course interested in the SEO ramifications and what Google thought on the topic. Apparently Google replied awhile back to a question with a series of tweets. Google also addressed the … [Read more...]
Google looks to be in the best position to dominate voice search
For many Google dominates plenty, voice search looks like it might be the next place for Google to plant their flag. In an article on SearchEngineLand.com a recent study showed that Google Assistant bested Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa. From the article: Google Assistant the best performer, but Siri and Alexa did well. The study found, “Google Assistant was once again the best performer, … [Read more...]
Over 50% of searches on Google result in zero clicks
A report by Rand Fishkin was published yesterday that now 50% of Google searches end without a click, or what's known as Zero click searches. A zero-click search results in the answer being displayed directly at the top of a Google search result. The person initiating the search gets their answer and does not need to click any links to move further to another website. SearchEngineLand.com … [Read more...]
Google gets fined €1.49 billion in Adsense antitrust case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to pay. This was in regards to Adsense, Venture Beat wrote: In those previous filings, the EU noted that Google had originally required some sites, particularly bigger partners, to use AdSense exclusively if they wanted to use … [Read more...]
Google says cryptocurrency is not real money
Google produced an ad for it's latest call screening service, it takes a swing at cryptocurrency, with one of the actors saying cryptocurrency is not real money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O4jOdVTkqS4 Neer Varshney wrote about this on TheNextWeb.com From the article: The company banned all cryptocurrency related ads starting June, but later relaxed the rules to … [Read more...]