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The proposed news bargaining code remains in suspense as Australia’s Treasury department brings Facebook and publishers back to the table. ICYMI: Facebook unfriended Australia this week after the government there proposed a legal code that would allow Australian news...

Contributor Marcus Miller outlines how to use 3 free tools that test page speed and work to turn your site into a lean, mean, speedy fighting machine. Having a fast site is important, since faster sites are rewarded with improved search engine optimization (SEO) and the ability...

The agency expects to see mobile CPCs rise and CTRs fall as competition and impression volume increase in 2017. In its quarterly Paid Search Trends report, digital marketing agency, iProspect, says 2016 was “the year of efficient growth” for paid search. It was a year in which...

Light mode shows a black ad label on a white background but on dark mode, it shows a gray ad label on a black background. Google has been expanding its roll out and test of dark mode or dark theme for the company’s search interface. Google started testing this back in December...

Amazon is grappling with an entire industry aimed at providing fake reviews and gaming the system, according to new research. Which? is a UK-based company that reviews products and services and helps consumers make educated choices. The company has investigated the state of...

Bing’s search results include original content and almost anything a fan would need to know before the game starts. That’s what it looks like if you do a search for “super bowl” on Bing. (You can click the image to see a bigger version if it helps. I’ll be commenting on the...

Do you understand how HTTP protocol works and the impact it has on crawling and indexing web pages? No? Here’s a guide written by Contributor Barry Adams on HTTP status codes and headers that will make it easier to learn. In the client-server architecture of the World Wide...

Senators have introduced a bill to limit the protection afforded to tech companies by Section 230 and reform the legislation. Sens. Mark R. Warner, Mazie Hirono and Amy Klobuchar have announced Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE...

Apple may be preparing to allow users to select their default music and podcast apps, according to reports on the iOS 14.5 beta. Apple has been loosening some of its control over iOS, giving users the ability to choose default applications. It began with allowing users to select...

Google continues to port features from the old Google Search Console to the new beta Search Console. Google has announced it is rolling out a link report within the new Google Search Console today. The new report consolidates the functionality of the “Links to your site” a...