A Google witness let slip just how much it pays Apple for Safari search Illustration: The VergeGoogle gives Apple a 36 percent cut of all search ad revenue that comes from Safari, according to University of Chicago professor Kevin Murphy. Google had fought to keep the number confidential, but Bloomberg reports that Murphy shared the figure while testifying in Google’s defense today at the Google antitrust trial. Go…

Make your own categories on shopping or use the Google ones? Hi all, Is it smart to select one of googles producttypes / categories? So Google sets the category? Because you can also choose to select your own categories. Does it change the way consumers can find your products? And you can also select “ product highlights “ , is this important to fill this? Google product categories sub…

Nonexistent Google Map Trail Prompts Hikers’ Rescues in Canada A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Google Maps.

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How to save money on holiday travel by tracking flight prices with Google There is a feature in Google Flights that will notify you when the price of a flight ticket you have tagged dips.

Google offered Netflix a sweetheart deal to pay just 10 percent on Google Play Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeSpotify isn’t the only one that negotiated with Google for special treatment. Netflix did, too. In 2017, Google offered Netflix a special discounted rate of 10 percent of its in-app payments on Android — meaning Netflix could keep 90 percent of the money — according to documents and testimony in the Epic …

Sundar Pichai will take the stand in Epic v. Google Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai is set to testify on Tuesday in Epic’s lawsuit against Google. Epic plans to call Pichai as a witness as it makes its case alleging that Google Play is an unlawful monopoly. In court documents, Google has requested to use a podium in the courtroom on Tuesday, which suggests that Pichai …

What is Google trying to hide in its deal with Spotify? Image: Nick Barclay / The VergeIs there something Google doesn’t want the world to know about its deal with Spotify? That’s what Google attorney Glenn Pomerantz suggested in Fortnite court this morning. Pomerantz argued that the court should seal portions of an upcoming exhibit revealing Google’s User Choice Billing agreement with Spotify — whic…

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Google Rolls Out November 2023 Reviews Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google is rolling out the November 2023 reviews update, which is the last standalone update. Google will regularly assess review content quality going forward. The post Google Rolls Out November 2023 Reviews Update appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Use These New Google Tools to Find Holiday Discounts Google gets a lot of traffic around the holidays, and for good reason: We use the search engine to find deals across hundreds of stores and brands, a much more efficient strategy than individually going store to store. Now, when you search for things like “shop deals,” or “shop sneaker deals,” Google will return a… Read more…

Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage Green bubbles in Apple’s Messages app. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeiMessage serves as “an important gateway between business users and their customers” and should be regulated as a “core” service under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), said Google and a group of major European telcos in a letter sent to the European Commis…

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Google’s Waze will now warn you about roads prone to car accidents Waze will now notify drivers they are driving on a road with a history of accidents before they reach the crash-prone section of the route.

New Google Search Feature Is A Shopping Portal via @sejournal, @martinibuster Google adds a shopping portal to search and a new Shopping Insights panel to Chrome Desktop so users can find deals anywhere The post New Google Search Feature Is A Shopping Portal appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google’s John Mueller Gives Tips To Improve PageSpeed Insights Scores via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Google offers tips on improving website speed scores: test elements individually, isolate limiting factors, focus optimizations where needed. The post Google’s John Mueller Gives Tips To Improve PageSpeed Insights Scores appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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9 Ways to Make Google Chrome Safer and More Private Google Chrome’s default settings are (surprise!) far from ideal for those who care about their privacy and security. And if you’re one of those people—but aren’t ready to jump ship to another, less intrusive browser like Brave or Tor—there are some easy ways to adjust your settings to reduce Google’s tracking on… Read more…

LPT: Positive Google reviews for a business are a good sign. Hundreds/thousands of positive Google reviews for a business might be a red flag. This obviously differs for busier areas, but it’s worth being cautious if a random locally-owned business has hundreds of 4-5 star reviews when all those around it have reviews in the tens. I recently went to a new dentist with hundreds of 5-star reviews. It wasn’t a bad experience, but during my cleaning the hygienist said that I could either p…

Epic v. Google, explained Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeEverything you need to know about the big app store trial kicking off November 6th. Continue reading…