Consumer groups say Google sign-up is a ‘fast track to surveillance’
A coalition of ten European consumer groups is challenging Google’s account sign up process. You must have a Google …
YouTube offers thousands of free TV episodes with ads
YouTube is getting into the ad-supported long-form game by adding 4,000 library TV episodes and 1,500 movies as viewership in the …
Technology companies will be forced to deal with scam advertisements
The government plans to force social media platforms and search engines to reduce fraudulent advertisements. The duty will be …
Using analytics for marketing
Tracking how and if customers engage with your content is important as it helps you to understand what’s working and what isn’t. …
Google Plus is shutting down
Google has officially started the process of shutting down and deleting all consumer accounts on its Google+ social network …
Google will penalise websites without SSL certificates from July
Is your website secure? Does it have an SSL certificate? If not, come July Google will be telling all your visitors about it with …
Are you ranking high in Google search? Are you sure?
If you own a website, SEO and Google rankings are probably very important to you. You may even spend a lot of time checking search …
Google Analytics referrer spam – I quit you
I deleted my Google Analytics because as a blogger, I don’t feel I need it because:
I’m not selling anything so don’t need to …
Duplicate content matters
If you’ve been blogging for a while, you’re SEO is on point but you still aren’t receiving any visits via …
Google AdSense publishers must comply with the EU Cookie Law
Remember the EU Cookie Law and the hive of activity that ensued as European Union businesses took measures to implement the …
Google+ abandons real name requirement policy
The people have spoken: Google has finally relented and is abandoning its \’real name requirement\’ policy. I can hear …
Google Authorship – the highs and lows
Google Plus is the second-largest social networking site in the world. Yes it’s even bigger than Twitter but it was a ghost town …
