Mobile-First Index by Google FAQ
Google began testing mobile-first index.
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Google has removed the term "fake news" from the rules of AdSense
Google has removed the term fake news from the rules of AdSense content policies, writes Mashable.
AdSense allowed to show only the most effective ads
Google AdSense announced about the launch of the new feature — the percentage of executed queries ad. It can help to reduce the number of displayed ads, eliminating less profitable and learn how it will affect revenues.
Mobile-first index — Google will warn you about possible problems using the Search Console
Google warns sites about the problems that can appear after they launch a mobile-first index. Alerts will be sent out by Search Console. About it told the representative of the Google John Mueller during the last hangout for webmasters.
Third-party applications that use Google Hangouts API will no longer work after April 25, 2017
When Google launched instant messengers Allo and Duo, it was said that Hangouts will remain a cross-platform chat for corporate users. And now is the time for changes that will help to follow the chosen course. Update the Google Hangouts FAQ reveals the service API, which will occur at the end of April this year. In fact, it means that any third-party application that is integrated with Google Hangouts, will stop working within a few months.
Google launches Key Transparency tool to confirm the cryptokeys
Reliable cryptography is the basis of the modern Internet. Without cryptography there is no a secure connection, you lose the possibility of making a reliable transaction online. We can't even trust the interlocutor if you do not have a secure connection.
Digital Olympus: Free Online Digital Marketing Conference
Hope that you had a great start of 2017 and now ready to conquer the world! We will be happy to support you and invite to Digital Olympus Free Online Digital Marketing Conference.
SEO Hero School by Wix
SEO Hero School is the official site of the contest SEO Hero participants from the company Wix.
Mistake which cost SEO Hero 50 positions in Google
Just a couple of days ago, I made a serious error in the technical optimization SEO Hero site in robots.txt.
Facebook will fight with fake news in conjunction with the mass media
Facebook has announced about the launch of The Facebook Journalism Project – a new project to fight with fake news in social networks.
Google, Apple and Netflix will pay the "Tax On Google" in Russia
Thirteen major foreign tech companies have registered in the Russian Federal tax service to pay a "Tax On Google". About this report Vedomosti with link to the statement of the representative of the FTS.
Google introduced a lightweight version of AMP
Google announced about the launch of the lightweight format of the mobile pages with rapid load – AMP Lite. It is designed for devices with low speed Internet connection.
Audience of Facebook Audience Network (FAN) exceeded 1 billion users
Facebook announced that the audience ad network Facebook Audience Network exceeds 1 billion users.
AdSense announced full transition to the new interface
In the coming weeks, all users of Google AdSense will be automatically transferred to the new interface. The old version of the User Interface will be disabled. About this reported the official blog of the service.
AdWords has published a guide about remarketing in search network
Google AdWords have published official guidance about remarketing on the Google search network. It describes how to work with an informed audience who have already shown an interest in the goods and services. According to Google 96% of the users makes a purchase during the first visit e-commerce website.
Google promises began to come true — now the https sites are labeled as secure
A couple of months ago, Google decided to transfer the entire Internet to HTTPS, encouraging users of the Chrome browser to visit only HTTPS sites.
Users complain about problems with Google Alerts
Google Alerts users complain that the service stopped sending alerts. This subject is actively discussed on the forum a Google Web Search Help.
Google shut down the project about the distribution of the Internet using drones
Holding Alhabet (parent Google company) has shut down the project Titan which was developing drones-satellites for Internet distribution in remote parts of the world. About it reports 9to5google.
Research — Links from directories
Recently, I began to notice that many of the competitors put links from directories.
Precision technology Google's speech-recognition increased by 30% since 2012
2012 precision technology Google's speech-recognition increased by 30%. About it said a leading software engineer Jeff Dean at the conference Frontiers of AI, which takes place in California.