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Facebook, Google Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft agree to hate speech "Code of Conduct" In Europe

By signing this code of conduct, the IT companies commit to continuing their efforts to tackle illegal hate speech online.

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How Google Can Determine Trust

WebmasterWorld Members discuss trust, and how it's determined by Google.

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Once Upon a Time

New Google AdWords Summary of Innovations Coming in 2016

At its Performance Summit presentation Google announced a number of aspects related to AdWords and to analytics. Here's a summary of the AdWords announcements.

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Google's Paris Office Raided By Investigators

Google is accused of owing the French state �1.6bn, or $1.8bn in unpaid taxes.

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Web Census Shows Top Trackers are Google, Facebook, and Twitter

"All of the top 5 third parties, as well as 12 of the top 20, are Google-owned domains."

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The Legacy of Spinning Articles

WebmasterWorld Members discuss the impact of article spinning that was undertaken some time back, and how it might be causing problems in Google today.

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Google Releases Firebase Analytics For Mobile Apps

Google releases Firebase Analytics.

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Report: 117 million LinkedIn Account Emails and Passwords Leaked Online

Hackers claim to have cracked a significant number of the 117 million passwords in only 72 hours.

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Google Adds Rich Cards Search Result Format

Google says, Rich cards are a new Search result format building on the success of rich snippets."

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The Rich (Typefaces) Get Richer

Report: Twitter to Exclude Photos and URLs From 140-Character Limit

According to reports, twitter may soon remove photos and links as part of the 140-character limit.

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New Google Spaces, Small Group Sharing Social App for Android and iOS

Google gives social media another go with its small group sharing app for Android and iOS.

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Google Updates and SERP Changes - May 2016

WebmasterWorld's monthly look at Google's SERPs changes.

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Google to Roll Out Mobile SERPs Update, in May, Increasing Mobile Ranking Signal

Google is to roll out an update in May to the mobile SERPs and it'll be enhancing the mobile-friendly weighting.

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Google AdWords to Ban Pay Day Loans from July 13, 2016

Google is to ban pay day loan ads in AdWords from July 13, 2016.

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Specific Page Backlinks From Other Site Credits Pages

WebmasterWorld Members discuss the benefits or issues surrounding backlinks to one specific page from site credits pages.

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Never Show A Design You Haven’t Tested On Users

Google Testing Black Links in SERPs

Google is testing Black links, instead of Blue links: Consider how this will affect organic clicks.

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IAB Lays Out Plans on L.E.A.N. Scoring to Stem the Tide of Ad Blocking

A hot topic for many sectors of the Internet is ad blocking, and the IAB is taking a lead with its L.E.A.N. scoring initiative to challenge the rise of ad blockers.

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New Google Referrer: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox For Search Apps

A new Google referrer is showing up, and it seems it's a Google app search box.

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ImageMagick Vulnerabilities Put Many Websites at Risk

It seems it took only 40-minites to create a working proof of concept exploit.

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Google Issued the Equivalent of 490 Manual Penalties per Hour in 2015

In a report from Google, during 2015 it issued 4.3 million messages to webmasters over manual penalties.

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Meaningful CSS: Style Like You Mean It

Microsoft forces users into Bing with Cortana, Edge browser in Windows

Microsoft has set the default search in Cortana and Windows 10 to Bing and defaulting to its Edge browser.

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AdSense Page Level Ads is a Major Addition to Ad Formats

Publishers report their mixed experiences with new ads

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