by Nikka | Sep 12, 2025 | Google
Google has revised its quality rater guidelines, placing election and voting information under the “Your Money or Your Life” (YMYL) category. This means civic-related content is now assessed with the same high standards as other sensitive topics. Key points include:...
by Nikka | Sep 12, 2025 | Google
The open-source HTTPArchive community publishes the Core Web Vitals Technology Report, which evaluates how different content management systems perform against Google’s Core Web Vitals (CWV). The July update revealed that while all major platforms made progress...
by Nikka | Sep 11, 2025 | Google
Google has confirmed that the CrUX Dashboard, the Looker Studio tool used to display Chrome User Experience (CrUX) data, will be phased out at the end of November 2025. The company explained that the dashboard was never intended for large-scale use and that newer,...
by Nikka | Sep 10, 2025 | Google
Google’s Gemini app now allows users to upload audio files, fulfilling one of the platform’s most requested features. Free accounts can upload up to 10 minutes per prompt, while paid plans extend this limit to three hours. Users can submit up to 10 audio files per...
by Nikka | Sep 10, 2025 | Google
Google has ended up creating endless crawl loops by using 301 redirects in place of 404 errors. The question is, is this intentional or a misstep? The company recently removed some outdated structured data documentation. Instead of serving a 404 page, however, the old...
by Nikka | Sep 9, 2025 | Google
Anthropic has agreed to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement following allegations that it used pirated books to help train its AI model, Claude. If the settlement is approved, each eligible book title could receive compensation of around $3,000. Key points: The company...
by Nikka | Sep 9, 2025 | Google
Google has recently revised its Help Centre guidance, publishing a clear breakdown of the usage limits for its Gemini App. The update sets out restrictions on prompts, images, Deep Research, video generation, and context windows. For the first time, Google has...
by Nikka | Sep 8, 2025 | Google
Google has once again found itself in the crosshairs of European regulators, this time with a record fine for its dominance in the ad-tech market. The European Commission has ordered the company to pay €2.95 billion (£2.5 billion / $3.45 billion) after concluding that...
by Nikka | Sep 8, 2025 | Google
Logan Kilpatrick, Google’s lead product manager, recently suggested that AI Mode could soon become the default way people experience Google Search. However, Google later downplayed this comment, hinting that such a move may not be as immediate as his remark implied....
by Nikka | Sep 5, 2025 | Google
AI-powered search tools are directing users to far more broken links compared to Google. A recent study reviewing 16 million URLs found that ChatGPT is particularly prone to generating non-existent links. The findings support Google’s earlier warnings that fabricated,...
