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Google to Revise Search Rankings to Downplay Fake News, Hate Speech

By now you’re familiar with the problem of fake news. Some sites, claiming to provide news actually work with an agenda to present stories...

Google Updates Image Search With New ‘Similar Items’ Feature

Google has committed to using machine learning technologies to make its products more intelligent and user friendly over the next few years. The latest...

Google Introduces Fact Check Label on News Stories, Search Results

Google has for sometime now used a variety of labels, such as ‘In-Depth’, ‘Opinion’, ‘Blog’ and ‘Local Source’ to identify different types of articles...

Google Claims Progress Reducing Fake Business Listings on Maps, Search

Google this week claimed it has taken several measures to curb scammers from placing fake listings on Google Maps and Search and drawing organic...

Google Offers Advice on Optimizing Sites for Web Crawling, Indexing

Google offered a tutorial of sorts for webmasters trying to figure out how to optimize their sites for web crawling and indexing by Google's...

Google Moves to Mobile-First Indexing for Search

Google has begun testing the use of the mobile version of a website's content to rank pages from that site in its Search results,...

Yahoo’s Earnings Exceed Expectations but Ad Revenue Still Eroding

Today's topics include the continued decline of Yahoo's desktop advertising revenue, Intel's strong quarterly revenue report masks weaker prospects, hyperconverged data center products from...

Google Rolls Out ‘Rich Cards’ Search Results Format

Today's topics include Google's new "rich cards" search results format, Dell's introduction of new endpoint security technology, Apple's plans to develop the new iOS...

Facebook CEO Meeting With Beck, Other Conservatives on Bias Claims

Today's topics include Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that he will meet with leading conservatives to discuss reports of bias in the way news...

Microsoft Extends Bing Image Search to Office Apps, Edge Browser

Today's topics include improvements to Microsoft's Bing image search for Office and Edge, news that the Microsoft SQL server database is heading to Linux,...