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April 09, 2024

21 Will HubSpot Be Google's Next Acquisition?

Business and Companies, Google, Technology

Google's parent company, Alphabet, is stirring up the tech world with rumors of a potential acquisition of HubSpot, an online marketing software giant valued at a staggering $35 billion. Sources close to the matter suggest Alphabet is considering ...

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March 04, 2024

16 Say Hello to Google's New Core Web Vitals Metric

Google, SEO

All you SEO buffs will want to check it out. Google is replacing a Core Web Vitals Metric with something new and improved. That's the plan, anyway. If you're familiar with the First Input Delay (FID, say goodbye to that and open your arms to ...

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EU and Google Police Robots with Magnifying Glasses

January 26, 2024

9 Non-compliant GDPR Consent Banners...

Google, Internet

Hold on to your cookies. Or at least your compliant GDPR Consent Banners. The emphasis is on "compliance." Google has warned websites and app owners they could be subject to account suspension in the European Union (EU) for displaying GDPR...

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January 19, 2024

2 Do We Say TikTok It or Google It?

Apps, Google, Social Media

The days of not taking TikTok seriously are fading like a great pair of blue jeans. The latest word is that TikTok could be giving Google a run for its money as the next big search engine. That sounds a little far-fetched, but we're not joking....

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December 21, 2023

7 Google Drops Big Money in Antitrust Suit

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We've already informed you about Google's legal battles with the Justice Department, which began in September. The claim was that Google runs a mafia, wait, a monopoly, and that the company illegally used its power to beef up the bottom line. ...

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December 18, 2023

8 YouTube Revises Ad Delivery for TV Viewers

Google

YouTube says it's working to create a better, more seamless viewing experience by yet again tweaking the platform by introducing fewer but longer ads for TV viewers, displaying the time remaining for ads rather than how many ads are left, and Shor...

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December 11, 2023

11 The Google Gemini Faked Demo Controversy

Google, Technology

We just reported on Google's recent unveiling of its new generative AI model that powers many of its products and services, including Bard, which is Google's ChatGPT competitor. Before the ink dried on that report, users were voicing their is...

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December 11, 2023

10 Google's AI Gets a Huge Makeover

Google, Internet, Technology

We're talking about Bard, of course. According to Google, it's getting the most significant upgrade yet. Google says Gemini has "sophisticated multimodal reasoning capabilities" and is designed to be flexible. It's optimized for three size...

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December 01, 2023

13 Do You Know Where Your Google Ads Are

Analytics, Google, Paid Advertising

Google is starting to get as much press as Elon and X. We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but somebody has to do it. Google might be putting your ads in questionable places. The company is currently being accused of putting Search ads o...

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November 28, 2023

5 Google's Holiday Glitch and Surprise Promotions

Google, Paid Advertising

You might have had an email telling you your Google Ad account was suspended and that your ads won't run. That's not what you want to hear with the holiday season pounding on your door, right? Don't worry. Your ads are running, although it might b...

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November 28, 2023

4 Google Extended Gets a Big Thumbs Down

Google, Technology

Over 250 websites have opted to block Google Extended, Google's product token that blocks AI models from crawling and training on their content. That's a 180% increase in the past month. The move to block Google Extended includes big sites...

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November 14, 2023

18 Google's Digital Cleanup: Inactive Gmail Accounts...

Apps, Google

In an imminent effort to declutter its user land, Google is embarking on a cleanup mission starting December 1, targeting accounts that have slumbered into inactivity. If you've left your Gmail account unattended for two years, the time has come t...