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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban: A Financial Nightmare Looms for Tech Giants

On January 17, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), mandating ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to divest its ownership by January 19 or face a nationwide ban. The … Continue reading

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Google’s Monopoly Power Challenged Once Again

Google has faced another significant setback in its battle against antitrust allegations. On August 5, 2024, a federal judge ruled that the tech giant illegally maintained its monopoly over internet search. This decision follows a similar ruling in September 2023, … Continue reading

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Should you submit your sitemap to other search engines besides Google?

In the world of SEO, sitemaps play a crucial role in helping search engines discover and index your website’s content. But when it comes to submitting your sitemap, is Google the only search engine that matters? The answer is both … Continue reading

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What are the top search engines?

Here is a ranking of the top search engines, with an approximate percentage on how many use each: Rank Search Engine Market Share 1 Google 92.6% 2 Bing 2.94% 3 Yahoo! 1.51% 4 Baidu 1.35% 5 Yandex 1.07% 6 DuckDuckGo … Continue reading

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What is a GDPR message for AdSense, and why is it important?

A GDPR message for AdSense is a notice that publishers must display on their websites if they are using AdSense to serve ads to visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom. The GDPR (General Data Protection … Continue reading

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How to get Google to update your meta description for your website?

It is very easy to update your webpage meta description with UltimateWB – just update on the Pages > Edit Page section. Google may or may not update your meta description for your website, even if you have updated it. … Continue reading

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Does Google penalize blogs with posts written by AI?

I just started my website and want to use the blog section to drive some traffic to my website. Does Google care if I use AI to write the posts? Will using AI hurt my search engine rankings? Google does … Continue reading

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Wix does not allow you to add SSL to your websites

With Google pushing for all websites to be hosted with SSL, to protect personal data and increase website security, Wix still does not allow you to add SSL to your website.  It is currently a feature request their customers are … Continue reading

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Sanmay Ved owns Google.com domain for 1 minute

Anyone here watch the tv show “How I Met Your Mother”? “Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.” is the 18th episode in the first season of the television series. In this case, it was around 1:20 AM Eastern Time, on … Continue reading

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