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The Demise of Google Domains: Adapting to a Changing Landscape

Chris Grant (he/him) June 23, 2023 0 Comments
As a leading web design agency in the Southwest of England, we feel the need to revisit the recent news of Google Domains shutting down and the implications it carries. This abrupt closure, followed by the sale of Google Domains to Squarespace, raises significant concerns regarding the future of various Google products and services. In this blog post, we will delve into the potential implications...
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The Acquisition of Google Domains by Squarespace: A Shift in Simplicity and Freedom

Chris Grant (he/him) June 16, 2023 0 Comments
In a surprising move, Google Domains, renowned for its ease of domain management and basic "landing page" style website creation, has agreed to be acquired by Squarespace. The potential consequences of this acquisition have left businesses uncertain about the future of their websites. O'Brien Media shares the concern that customers might be coerced into using Squarespace's website builder, losing...
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Embrace the Future: Google Analytics 4 Replaces Universal Analytics

Chris Grant (he/him) June 01, 2023 0 Comments
In the ever-evolving digital landscape, data plays a crucial role in understanding user behaviour and making informed business decisions. For years, Google Analytics has been the go-to tool for analysing website performance and gaining insights into audience engagement. However, as technology advances and consumer expectations evolve, Google has introduced a new and more powerful analytics...
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How to Get Your Website Indexed Faster: A Guide to Quality and Popularity

Ivan Molina May 07, 2023 0 Comments
Key Factors Include Quality & Popularity One of the most important aspects of SEO is getting your website indexed by Google. To rank well in search engine results, your website must first be included in Google's index. But how long does it take for Google to index a new website? And what factors affect the speed of indexing? According to a recent article from Search Engine Journal, the time...
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Tracking will be more difficult in Europe under Google

Dylan Fernandez April 26, 2022 0 Comments
In response to EU privacy violations, Google offers the option to reject all cookies! Starting in France, the new feature will be rolled out across Europe The pop-up consent message has been redesigned to make accepting or rejecting cookies equally easy. Anyone using Google Search or visiting YouTube in Europe while signed out or in incognito mode will see a new cookie consent option to choose...
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MUM update: What does the future hold for SEOs?

Dylan Fernandez April 19, 2022 0 Comments
Could MUM be Google's next step towards becoming a semantic search engine? Discover how MUM may affect SEO in the future Multitask Unified Model is a new technology for Google launched in May 2021. In fall 2021, the forthcoming rollout was announced, and the technology was explained in more detail. Using artificial intelligence or natural language understanding and processing, MUM answers complex...
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French watchdog says Google Analytics poses data privacy risks

Dylan Fernandez February 13, 2022 0 Comments
Google Analytics, the world's most popular web analytics tool, could give U.S. intelligence services access to French website users' data, France's watchdog said Thursday. The data privacy regulator -- one of the most prominent and influential in Europe -- decided the U.S. tech giant hadn't taken sufficient steps to ensure data privacy when data was transferred between Europe and the U.S....
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The UK is becoming an increasingly important market for Google

Dylan Fernandez January 21, 2022 0 Comments
Google has been established in the UK for almost two decades. The company has more than 6,400 employees and hired almost 700 people last year. Additionally, Google strengthened their commitment to the UK by laying a new subsea cable in 2021, called Grace Hopper, that runs between the US and the UK. In keeping with its long-term commitment to the UK, the Silicon Valley giant has now purchased the...
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Google link spam update now live after 2-week delay

Chris Grant (he/him) August 26, 2021 0 Comments
Google has completed the rollout of the link spam update it started just over four weeks ago. “The link spam update is now complete,” Danny Sullivan said via the Google Search Liaison account. What took so long. Google originally said this update would “roll out across the next two weeks.” But as you can see, it took an additional two weeks to complete – a total of four weeks. Why did...
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Google Photos unlimited cloud storage ends today! What this means for you?

Camilo Pires June 01, 2021 0 Comments
As of today (1st June), Google have announced that their unlimited cloud storage for Google Photos will end! This blog post will detail why these changes are taking place and how this affects you. Why are Google making these changes? Google are removing the unlimited free cloud storage for Photos, in favour of their new Google One subscription service. Google One is a subscription-based cloud...
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