Trouble Reading a Website? The Chromium-Powered Microsoft Edge Browser will Read it Aloud
The new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser includes a handy tool, which can read website content out load to people…
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More than Half of Google Searches End without Clicks Over to Websites
Just over half of Google searches receive absolutely no click-throughs, according to new data examining 40 million browser-based queries…
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ByteDance, Parent Company of TikTok, to Build its Own Search Engine Called ‘Toutiao Search’
TikTok’s parent corporation, ByteDance, will release its own search engine to compete with Baidu, the market leader in China…
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Google Introduces Playable Podcasts in Search Results
Google has added playable podcasts to its search results, giving people immediate access to content, with the feature coming to Assistant later this year…
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Google Gives its Images Site a Refresh, with a New Emphasis on Shopping
Google has updated its Images section, featuring an improved focus on shopping, with a new side panel and more picture details…
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Google is Testing Ads in its Local Pack Carousels
Google is apparently running a test, placing ads in its local pack carousel, which lessens the amount of local business listings…
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The Latest Version of Chrome Stops Sites from Checking if People are Browsing in Private Mode
The newest release of the popular Google Chrome browser makes its Incognito Mode truly private, so websites can’t block visitors…
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Google Starts Telling Website Owners to Remove Noindex Directives from Robots.txt Files
Google is reaching out to webmasters through the Search Console, directing them to remove noindex commands from their robots.txt files…
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Google is Starting to Replace Voice Search on Android Devices with Google Assistant
Google is now beginning to incrementally supplant its legacy voice search for Android mobile devices with Google Assistant…
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Google Simplifies the Jump from Image Search Results to Web Pages
Google is making it more easy to go from image search results to corresponding web pages which host the original pictures…
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‘Request a Quote’ Button Starts Appearing in Google Search Results
Google has quietly added a new “Request a Quote” button on the SERP, which appears on both desktop and mobile…
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Search Engine DuckDuckGo Now Runs 40 Million Visitor Searches per Day
Privacy-centric search engine DuckDuckGo now handles 40 million searches per day, up substantially from January of this year…
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Google Officially Ends Project Dragonfly, its Chinese Search Engine
A Google executive has announced the tech company is no longer working on Project Dragonfly, its Chinese search engine…
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Google Drop’s Bing’s Discover Pages from its Search Index
Google dropped a subset of Bing’s website from its index earlier this month. Bing Discover pages have totally been removed
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5 Percent of Google My Business Listing Views Result in Visitor Action
Only 5 percent of all customer visitors result in action through Google My Business, a study of 45,000 local listings reveals…
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