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Apr 13, 2020

Google Used Your Content, Now it’s Time for Them to Pay

Google has lost its legal battle with French regulators and now has just three months to agree on a deal with French news organisations for how it will compensate them for using their content in Google News. This battle started some time ago and, at one point, it looked like…

Advertising

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Google Used Your Content, Now it’s Time for Them to Pay
Google Used Your Content, Now it’s Time for Them to Pay

Apr 13, 2020

Under fire Google launches a series of blog posts proving SEO works

Under fire search engine Google has launched a series of blog posts featuring case studies from SEOs who have achieved significant success in improving their traffic from Google. But, we already know that SEO works, right? Well, we do, but this is a bit left field from Google who have…

Algorithm

3 min read

Under fire Google launches a series of blog posts proving SEO works
Under fire Google launches a series of blog posts proving SEO works

Apr 5, 2020

The Rainbow of Kimberley Road

After nine days of isolation, I took my first steps out into the world today. People seem to be staying their distance as instructed, the physical isolation making us all a little more willing to smile and say hello to each other as we pass. Other people are simultaneously dangerous…

2 min read

The Rainbow of Kimberley Road
The Rainbow of Kimberley Road

Apr 4, 2020

Why Google should, and shouldn’t, give up its secrets

Google’s mission to “organise the world’s information” is predicated on one very important thing. Secrecy. Secrecy which may about to fall apart in the UK High Court. The Register are reporting that a UK High Court judge has ordered Google to allow the court’s chosen SEO expert to inspect their…

Algorithms

8 min read

Why Google should, and shouldn’t, give up its secrets
Why Google should, and shouldn’t, give up its secrets

Feb 23, 2020

Featured Snippets are good for SEO, except for when Featured Snippets are bad for SEO

Even if you don’t know what a “Featured Snippet” is, you’ve probably seen quite a few of them. Featured Snippets are those “quick answers” you get to questions at the top of your search results when you search for something like “How long do I boil an egg?”. Since Google…

5 min read

Featured Snippets are good for SEO, except for when Featured Snippets are bad for SEO
Featured Snippets are good for SEO, except for when Featured Snippets are bad for SEO

Feb 23, 2020

6 Reasons this could be the beginning of the end for Facebook.

The results are in… and Facebook’s stock has taken a 7% thrashing. It’s not revenues that are causing a problem, there’s plenty of money still flowing through the Facebook machine and whilst people might have expected a better performance based on past history, Facebook still beat their own estimates. No…

Facebook

7 min read

6 Reasons this could be the beginning of the end for Facebook.
6 Reasons this could be the beginning of the end for Facebook.

Feb 23, 2020

Having traffic problems Google Maps? I feel bad for you, I got 99 phones but a car ain’t one

Have you ever dodged a traffic jam using Google Maps? I have… or at least I thought I had until today. Turns out, all you need to create a fake traffic jam is 99 mobile phones and a hand cart. In Germany artist Simon Weckert successfully tricked Google Maps into…

Google

2 min read

Having traffic problems?
Having traffic problems?
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