Judge Blocks Google’s Default Search Deals

Judge Blocks Google’s Default Search Deals

Google has avoided the prospect of being broken up, but a judge has ruled that it must bring an end to its exclusive search default agreements. The tech giant may also be required to share certain data with its competitors. The ruling means that while Google can...
Survey Shows AI Tools Overtaking Google Search

Survey Shows AI Tools Overtaking Google Search

AI-driven tools are increasingly becoming part of people’s daily search routines, with ChatGPT seeing a sharp rise in adoption while Google’s dominance shows signs of slipping. A new survey of U.S. users highlights how quickly search habits are shifting, with more...
AI Mode Boosts STEM Searches, Says Google

AI Mode Boosts STEM Searches, Says Google

Google has announced that its AI Mode is now better equipped to deal with complex STEM-related queries, offering clearer and more direct answers — just in time for the new school term. The company confirmed that this latest update builds on its earlier improvements,...
Performance Max Reporting in Google Ads

Performance Max Reporting in Google Ads

Understanding how to access and use Performance Max channel reporting in Google Ads can provide clearer insights into cross-channel performance and highlight fresh opportunities for optimisation. For quite some time, advertisers and marketers have been asking Google...
Google SEO: JavaScript Paywalls

Google SEO: JavaScript Paywalls

Google has recently updated its documentation for publishers, focusing on how JavaScript is used to manage paywalled content. This change is aimed at improving how the search engine understands and indexes articles that sit behind a paywall. For many years, publishers...
WordPress Trademark Bid Rejected

WordPress Trademark Bid Rejected

The WordPress Foundation has hit a stumbling block in its attempt to trademark the terms “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress”, after the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected both applications. Despite the rejection, the organisation has not...
Google on Sitemap Crawls

Google on Sitemap Crawls

Google’s John Mueller recently clarified how Search Console deals with sitemap uploads, while also stressing that there are no fixed timelines for crawling. The discussion began when Mueller was asked about the correct way to submit sitemaps in Google Search Console....
Perplexity Comet Browser Vulnerable to Exploit

Perplexity Comet Browser Vulnerable to Exploit

A security flaw has been found in Perplexity’s Comet AI browser that could allow attackers to access private information from other active tabs. According to a report released by Brave, the issue involves a vulnerability where a malicious prompt can be injected into...
Why Google Says Lazy Loading Can Delay LCP

Why Google Says Lazy Loading Can Delay LCP

Google has shed light on how lazy loading can affect a website’s performance, particularly when it comes to one of the most important user experience metrics: the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). In a recent podcast, Martin Splitt from Google explained why default lazy...
Non-Profit Offers Free Domain Names

Non-Profit Offers Free Domain Names

A non-profit group backed by Cloudflare, GitHub, and other major organisations has launched a project to provide free, open-source domain names. The initiative aims to make domains available without hidden charges or complicated conditions, offering an accessible...
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