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Google is standing strong with its support of gay rights this month by displaying a rainbow ribbon for LGBT-related searches to mark Gay Pride Month. The Gay Pride inspired artwork shows up across the top of the search results page for a number of LGBT terms, including: gay pride...

Gary Illyes from Google said at the Search Marketing Summit today in Sydney that Google will be updating the page speed ranking factor to specifically look at the page speed of your mobile pages when it comes to the mobile-friendly algorithm. This report came from Jennifer Slegg,...

Google has launched Firebase Analytics, a new analytics solution for mobile apps, at this year’s I/O 2016 developer conference.  Firebase was acquired by Google in late 2014 and helps developers build apps for Androids, iOS and the Web. Current features include Realtime Database,...

This week Reddit announced it will be moving away from its integration with Imgur and introduce its own image uploading tool. At first the beta feature will only be available to select communities/sub-Reddits. Reddit’s new tool is actually slightly less capable than Imgur. The...

Google has announced new upgrades for its iOS app, designed to create a faster mobile experience. As part of the updates, Google says it has cut down on loading times and is rolling out AMP content on the Google iOS app. In addition to a faster experience, the Google App for iOS...

Twitter officially announced May 24 that @names will also not be included in the character count. You also don’t have to add a period before usernames for them to be seen in followers’ feeds. The days of forcing abbreviations so you can fit your text and a photo under Twitter’s...

Google announced a new Android app dedicated to conducting scientific research. It is being marketed as a tool for conducting science with your phone. Using an Android phone’s internal sensors, and external add-ons, you’ll be able to conduct experiments on the world around you....

As we reported earlier this month, Google has been testing longer text ads in search results across devices. On Tuesday, the company announced Expanded Text Ads will be available to advertisers later this year.   With the removal of right-side ads, Google now has the...

As we reported earlier this month, Google has been testing longer text ads in search results across devices. On Tuesday, the company announced Expanded Text Ads will be available to advertisers later this year.   With the removal of right-side ads, Google now has the...

This week, Google announced at its I/O developer conference that it is working on a messaging app called Allo. This left many to wonder what would become of its current messaging app Hangouts. The company has now stated it will continue to work on both apps even ever the launch...