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What percentage of people skip YouTube adverts?

Gordon Ansell 21st June 2021, 11:30 Tech, Google, Opinion 1379 words.

The adverts on the front of YouTube videos are tedious to the extreme. I began to wonder how many people skip these irritating walls that are erected around the content we want to see.
What the FLoC is going on?

Gordon Ansell 18th April 2021, 09:50 Tech, Google, News, Opinion 1007 words.

A description of Googles proposed FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts) standard for profiling people and providing those profiles to advertisers.
Google says Aussies are 9 wickets down

Gordon Ansell 22nd January 2021, 09:45 Tech, Google, Citation, News

Google threatens to withdraw from Australia if it's forced to pay news outlets for links to articles in its search engine.
Facebook threatens to withdraw from the EU (we should be so lucky)

Gordon Ansell 23rd September 2020, 11:25 Tech, Facebook, Social Media, Google, News, Opinion 619 words.

A new rule by Ireland's Data Protection Commission upsets Facebook enough for them to threaten to withdraw their services from the EU.
Apple's Epic battle

Gordon Ansell 14th August 2020, 08:35 Tech, Apple, iOS, iPadOS, Google, News 601 words.

Epic Games are suing both Apple and Google over their app stores. This is amidst antitrust hearings in both the US and the EU.
You are the product

Gordon Ansell 23rd April 2020, 09:00 Tech, Social Media, Google, Facebook, Companies, Opinion 642 words.

The support offered by big companies is often terrible and that's particularly true for big tech.
The UK coronavirus tracking app

Gordon Ansell 13th April 2020, 08:40 Tech, Society, Coronavirus, Apple, Google, News 296 words.

How the UK's coronavirus tracking app will leverage APIs from Apple and Google.
Google to start charging for reCAPTCHA

Gordon Ansell 12th April 2020, 08:40 Tech, Google, Rant, News 477 words.

Google will charge for its reCAPTCHA service, but I still don't see why I have to prove I'm human.
Coverage issues in Google Search Console

Gordon Ansell 17th March 2020, 14:15 Tech, Web Development, Google, How-To 1088 words.

How to find and fix coverage problems in Google Search Console and ensure your site is indexed properly.
Subscription sites and light switches

Gordon Ansell 30th January 2020, 09:00 Tech, Google, Nonsense, Briefly

Why does Google show subscription sites in its search listings? I find this really annoying. I also moan about light switches.
Google proves quantum supremacy — world still safe

Gordon Ansell 27th September 2019, 16:30 Tech, Google, Companies, News, Citation

Google's quantum computer performs a task in a few minutes that would take a supercomputer 10,000 years.
Google's private web proposals

Gordon Ansell 23rd August 2019, 08:40 Tech, Google 1670 words.

Google is proposing a way to change online tracking so it allegedly better respects user privacy.
Trump blustering on about Google

Gordon Ansell 29th August 2018, 08:00 Tech, Society, Google, News 283 words.

Donald Trump now thinks Google Search is biased agains him and blusters on about it, threatening consequences. Google issued denial.
Google plans to comply with Chinese censorship

Gordon Ansell 2nd August 2018, 11:25 Tech, Google, Companies, News, Citation

The BBC reports that Google is planning a search-like app that complies with Chinese censorship laws despite withdrawing from China in 2010 on 'free speech' grounds.
How did Google get so big?

Gordon Ansell 22nd May 2018, 09:16 Tech, Interesting, Companies, Google, Citation

A CBS News article about Google's search and search advertising dominance. An anti-trust lawyer is interviewed about this situation.