The News/Media Alliance, formerly the Newspaper Association of America, asked US federal agencies to investigate Google’s removal of links to California news media outlets. Google’s tactic is in response to the proposed California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), which would require it and other tech companies to pay for links to California-based publishers’ news content. The News/Media Alliance, which represents over 2,200 publishers, sent letters to the Department of Justice, Federal Trade...
"The fight over the California Journalism Preservation Act is not just a fight for local news’ survival in California, but a fight for democracy."
Whatever happened to Google’s “Don’t be evil” motto? That corporate maxim is apparently gone, and the Internet behemoth has decided to display its super villain side. The latest example is a campaign in California to demonstrate just how easily the company could crush news outlets if state lawmakers dare to pass a law requiring that tech companies, such as Google, share advertising revenue with the journalists who produce much of the content on their platforms. Google announced last week that it...
As GOOGLE pulls news from search, fate of Journalism Preservation Act is unclear (Third column, 4th story, link)
GREENFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Investigators have found a connection between a mass shooting last month that left four people dead and the February killing of two cousins in central California, authorities said Thursday. Over 50 search warrants have been served as part of the investigation into the two shootings, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said
Day one of the 2024 IAB NewFronts featured presentations from Google and Vizio, as well as a spotlight on news publishers.
Google’s core update is still rolling out over 7 weeks later and yes we are seeing more fluctuations and chatter. Forbes blocked its coupon directory in preparation for the Google site reputation abuse policy. Google said splitting and merging sites takes longer than normal site migrations. Google won’t change 301 redirect signals for SEO. Google said they need very few links for rankings. Google said you can ignore link spam. Google said its link best practices document is still good. Google...
A month after our burglary, the detective in charge of our case emailed to say she had reviewed CCTV from a supermarket which showed a woman using my wife's stolen bank card on the day of our burglary.
Democrats in the California legislature are pushing a law that critics say will hurt renters with higher rents by imposing restrictions on landlords. "This is really going to cause havoc to renters in California," said Daniel Yukelson of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles to Blaze News about Assembly Bill 1266. AB 1266 would restrict landlords from asking whether potential renters have pets and would ban them from requiring pet deposits in order to cover the potential cost of...
Sir Keir Starmer has called for the police to investigate Mark Menzies after he lost the Conservative whip while the Tories look into claims he misused campaign funds.]]>
Gary Illyes from Google spoke at the SERP Conf on Friday and he said what he said numerous times before, that Google values links a lot less today than it did in the past. He added that Google Search "needs very few links to rank pages."Gary reportedly said, "We need very few links to rank pages Over the years we've made links less important."I am quoting Patrick Stox who is quoting what he heard Gary say on stage at the event. Here is Patrick's post where Gary did a rare reply:I shouldn't have...
The excitement surrounding the upcoming Bitcoin halving has led to a significant increase in Google searches for “Bitcoin halving,” with interest reaching its highest point ever, more than double that of the last halving event in 2020, and is predicted to hit peak popularity. The halving event, which reduces the rewards miners receive by half, […]