Entries by Taylor Ball

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Enjoy the thrill of fidget spinners with Google’s latest Easter egg

It seems like everybody these days is going crazy about fidget spinners, especially teens. Well, you can save yourself a few dollars – if you haven’t already bought one. These “spinners” are now just a search away, thanks to Google’s latest Easter egg. By searching “spinner”, you can play with a virtual version of the […]

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Get a free website now, thanks to Google Website

Do you have a website for your business? If you’re like 60% of small business owners around the world, the answer is no. Whether it is because you lack the expertise or can’t afford it, Google wants to help. This week, Google officially released a simple one-page website builder designed to make getting your brand […]

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Facebook Fixes Instant Articles With… Ads?

Facebook’s Instant Articles are touted as being the fastest way to deliver content on the web. They are even supposed to be faster than Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages, which similarly streamline content to load as quickly as possible on mobile devices. There’s just one problem: no one seems to be using them. Even big publishers […]

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Google’s Search Results Get Up Close and “Personal”

Google’s decision to constantly make their search results more personalized for every user has often been criticized for veering into the “invasion of privacy” area from time to time. Its latest experiment takes that to the extreme, with a whole new tab devoted just to you. The search engine now allows you to filter search […]

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Google creates faster ads using AMP technology

Google has been using its Accelerated Mobile Pages technology to deliver content almost instantaneously for over a year, and now it is starting to spread the technology to new areas of its platform. Specifically, Google says it is beginning to use AMP technology to speed up search ads in two different ways. Firstly, Google AdWords […]