Google has threatened to pull out of the Australian market if a new law governing its relationship with news publishers goes ahead. So what’s the row all about? Why would Google pull out of Australia? The government is introducing a law to address a long-bubbling row over whether tech giants should pay for news that […]
Enlarge / Exterior view of a Googleplex building, the corporate headquarters of Google and parent company Alphabet, May 2018. More than 225 workers at Google have formally launched a company-wide union membership drive, following an increasing drive toward organization inside the company over the past several years. All 120,000 people who work for Google parent
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It’s the latest organizing effort by tech workers, who have gone public with frustrations over what they say are unfair labor practices and unethical business deals in recent years. Amazon workers are attempting to form a union at a warehouse in Alabama, while Google contractors in Pittsburgh have voted to form a union. (Amazon CEO
A couple of weeks ago a reader emailed me with a question about creating a Google Site that her colleagues could comment on. She wanted to have a section in her site that had tips and news for colleagues who could then ask her questions about those tips. The old version of Google Sites had
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Technology isn’t silent anymore. It talks, and its voice shapes the way we live — working and virtual learning, shopping for cleaning supplies, playing daily music mixes, cooking new recipes, or exercising — all by just asking for it out loud. Since the pandemic hit, more and more brands realize the endless possibilities for interacting
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As I do every year, I’m taking this week off from writing new blog posts. This week I’ll be re-running a few of the most popular posts in 2020. This summer I’ve had more requests for book recommendations than I ever have in the nearly thirteen year history of this blog. I’ve also had a
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As I do every year, I’m taking this week off from writing new blog posts. This week I’ll be re-running a few of the most popular posts in 2020. As you might guess, I’m getting flooded with requests for help with all kinds of things related to online teaching and learning. I’m doing my best
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Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google will index content and links if it is in the rendered HTML code of the page. That means that content and links won’t be indexed if that content is only loaded by JavaScript after clicking something on the website. Yes, if they’re in the HTML (either directly,
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Google My Business is a free tool that allows business owners to create, manage and optimize their Google Business Profile. It exists to help businesses attract new customers from search and maps. Here are just a few tangible benefits to claiming and optimizing your Google Business Profile: Improved rankings. Google shows Business Profiles in the results
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Are you interested in SEO? Then you might have seen many SEO tutorials online. What are those about and what can you learn from them? Below is a basic rundown of what you can learn in these tutorials. First, the SEO tutorial will probably talk about search engines and why they matter. Search engines collect
