Upgraded to 100GB of Google storage.
My 15GB free gigs were at 94%. Interestingly, speed of email deliveries has immediately gone up (checking frequency is better), as has Gmail website rendering. Just an independent observation. 100GB is ~$2/month.
AI: Google may halve memory consumption in Chrome 55 update.
Mashable: Gmail access goes down for several hours, prompting panic.
It’s been delivering inconsistently for me since Sunday. But my account’s so old, I figure the server is in a defunct warehouse’s locked-up john.
Macworld: Google Earth’s Mac updater isn’t malware, but deserved your suspicions.
SERoundtable: Google AMP Pages To Get Expanded Exposure In Mobile Search Results.
Of note. Better exposure for tech, not for quality content. Disappointing.
NY Times: The Blog That Disappeared.
If you use a service, be warned. Back up your stuff locally! Before using any new service, make sure you can get out what you so carefully put in.
SERoundtable: Google Releases AdWords Editor 11.5 To Support Expanded Text Ads & More.
They change the interfaces so often.
SER: Google Releases AMP Case Study & Here Are My Results.
Hmmm. Small/medium sites, think twice before committing the time/resources.
c|net: Google wants to show you all the data it’s collected about your online habits.
Useful or frightening? I have a feeling once I see it, I’ll want to go back to Pony Express and smoke-signals.
Hyperallergic: Why Museums Are Granting Google Free Access to Their Collections.
Of note. I wonder if this won’t actually depress museum visitation; Americans already consider ‘authentic fakes’ acceptable. Digital reproductions are the next best thing ... they won’t have to lift a finger to actually experience art. I suppose I’m a Luddite (once again). There’s a numinous feeling in the great museums.
SEO supremacy! At last!
Apparently my site dominates some keyword searches for ‘dangerous meteors’. That’s accuracy and usefulness for ya!
Mashable: How to disable Chrome notifications.
Useful. Evernoted, to forward to clients.
Re/code: Activists urge Google - ‘Don’t be evil, #DumpTrump’.
“Our ask to Google is really simple: Don’t put your brand on a Trump-led convention.”
PCWorld: Chrome 50 ends support for Windows XP, Vista, and earlier versions of Mac OS X.
Less mentioned, any OS X earlier than 10.9.
Google Webmaster Central: Continuing to make the web more mobile friendly.
c|net: Google copyright takedown requests jump to 76 million in past month.
“The company reported Monday that over the past month it received more than 76 million requests to remove from search results URLs that point to such content.” How to bring a behemoth to its knees.
ZDNet: Google’s hush-hush 100kW transmitter in New Mexico desert.
“Skybender.” Millimeter-wave tech.
Envato: AMP Project - Will it Make Your Sites Faster?
Developer info within. Bookmarked.
WebmasterWorld: Finally got accepted on DMOZ listing.
Blast from the past, or ... ?
Webdesigner Depot: Outlook takes on Gmail with huge new update.
Yeow. I’ve got a couple of accounts on Outlook - can’t wait to kick the tires on this. Tired of looking at ol’ Gmail, which seems feature-frozen.
Google Webmaster Guidelines, updated in the last couple of days.
Three from Search Engine Roundtable.
1. Google says shorter URLs are better.
2. Google says links in footers or sitewides aren’t given much weight.
3. Google says title tags are ranking factors, but not worth rewriting for ‘better’ results.
SERoundtable: Google Says Updating Images Can Take Months; We Don’t Index Them Frequently.
Photographers, be aware of this.
SERoundtable: Google+ Photos Search Stopped Working.
SER: Google’s Gary Illyes Is An Amateur SEO According To A Recent Test.
Even the experts aren’t experts.
