AMPs
The trouble with AMP
Many publishers feel compelled to use the Accelerated Mobile Pages format because Google favors it so strongly. Could we make it better?
apple
Apple kills Google's internal apps, too
Google feels Apple's banhammer a day after Facebook fell before it…
local journalism
Facebook's donations won't save local journalism, but better CMSes just might
This week, Facebook has joined Google in throwing millions at the local news business. Is this really going to help the industry recover - or should we bee looking elsewhere?
digital journalism
News can't afford to be funded by Google and Facebook; it will destroy our reputation
Google and Facebook are now two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world. Should we be comfortable with that?
accuracy
Google put speed ahead of accuracy three years ago - and we're all paying the price
Here we go. Following on from my last post [https://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2017/10/google-top-stories-carousel-news.html] , it seems that Google has been including non-Google News posts in the “In the News” box for three years [http://searchengineland.com/googles-news-listings-beyond-traditional-205213]: > Google has confirmed that new “In The News”
AMPs
Google's Top Stories algorithm is failing to detect authoritative sources
This is a pretty significant Google algorithm fail: > Also, apparently Google is putting 4chan threads in their top story unit now? So, the number one hit for his name is a /pol/ thread. pic.twitter.com/OYwW6pbWvy [https://t.co/OYwW6pbWvy] — Ryan Broderick (@broderick) October 2, 2017 [https://twitter.
Google Instant is dead. But what killed it?
Google Instant — the feature where your search results appear as you type your query — has been killed off [http://searchengineland.com/google-dropped-google-instant-search-279674]: > After launching Google Instant — Google’s method of showing search results as you type them — several years ago, Google has removed the feature from search effective today.
AMPs
Accelerated Mobile Pages: great for SEO, bad for control
John Gruber [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/10/21/google-amp], back in October: > Can someone explain to me why a website would publish AMP versions of their articles? They do load fast, which is a terrific user experience, but as far as I can see, sites that publish AMP
Google search goes mobile first - desktop database relegated
Google is going to make its forthcoming mobile search index its primary dataset [http://searchengineland.com/google-divide-index-giving-mobile-users-better-fresher-content-261037] : > Google is going to create a separate mobile index within months, one that will be the main or “primary” index that the search engine uses to respond to queries. A separate desktop
Google News Lab is on Medium
Google News Lab is on Medium [https://medium.com/google-news-lab] Worth a follow, as they’re funding some interesting stuff.
Google kills the PageRank toolbar
Public disclosure of PageRank is done [http://searchengineland.com/google-has-confirmed-they-are-removing-toolbar-pagerank-244230] > Google has confirmed with Search Engine Land that it is removing Toolbar PageRank. That means that if you are using a tool or a browser that shows you PageRank data from Google, within the next couple weeks it will
algorithms
Google algorithm update hits publishers
Publishers feel the pain in new Google update [http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/01/17/economist-new-yorker-and-time-all-fall-victim-google-update] A new update to the Google search algorithm seems to have hit some publishers, including TheAtlantic.com, GQ.com, Newyorker.com, Economist.com and Time.com: > Commenting on the results, Marcus Tober,