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  • "RIP vanilla #JavaScript" https://devclass.com/2024/10/22/should-javascript-be-split-into-two-languages-new-google-driven-proposal-divides-opinion/ "A #Google engineer presented a proposal to the official standardization committee that would split JavaScript into two languages".

  • RIP #Google Cache One of the most useful things Google put on the web. https://www.seroundtable.com/google-cache-dead-38112.html I remember in the EARLY days a client lost their site and I had to get the HTML via Google Cache. Fun times.

  • It's fun when you do a #PageSpeed Insight on your site during the course of an hour and get different scores in a 25 point range without touching or changing anything on your site (and the cache should be the same). I'm sure this is normal and i'm not trying to get to 100, just…

  • FYI in case you use(d) #Google URL Shortener. https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/ Not a fan of URL shortners (don't use them much anymore) even when I can host it myself. I have used them for "quick one day" things but not in blogs, etc. #blogging

  • "#Google Now Defaults to Not Indexing Your Content" 🤔 https://www.vincentschmalbach.com/google-now-defaults-to-not-indexing-your-content/ #SEO

  • If #Apple truly calls it "Apple Intelligence" in the keynote that's already more clever branding and PR that what i've seen from #Google and #Microsoft. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-07/apple-wwdc-2024-what-to-expect-ai-ipados-18-macos-15-siri-updates-more

  • #Microsoft: "We have #Recall" #Google: Hold My Beer. "Google is working on a Recall-like feature for Chromebooks, too" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2358215/google-is-working-on-a-version-of-recall-too.html

  • https://tenbluelinks.org shows you can set "Google Web" (what some are calling Google's AI/clutter-free search results) as your default search engine. #Google #AI

  • As an older member of the web @caseynewton post on "#Google broken link to the web" is a highly recommended read. https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/ A dream would be to see a return of the directory sites of yore (remember #Yahoo Directory and DMOZ and Excite). #AI #Search

  • #Google On Diagnosing A Deindexed #WordPress Site https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-on-diagnosing-a-deindexed-wordpress-site/514356/

  • A #WordPress plugin that imports your #Google Business Profile posts & gallery images into your WordPress site. https://github.com/koen12344/site-import-for-gbp #PHP

  • This is paid, but interesting. An #API for #Google Search autocomplete suggestions. https://keywordquill.com/ Not sure how legal this is?

  • "Memories" Is free and #opensource #Google #Photos alternative "built for high performance". https://memories.gallery/ https://github.com/pulsejet/memories #Vue #JavaScript

  • #RSS isn't dead and never has been. I don't blame #Google solely for it's fading from history for a while, but it sure played it's part. https://openrss.org/blog/how-google-helped-destroy-adoption-of-rss-feeds

  • #Google Search dropping cache link from search results (and how to see the cache now). https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-drops-cache-link-from-search-results-36787.html #searchengine

  • "Google adds AI to help humans write on the web." "Google reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages." "Google is doing _____ to search with AI." Can't help but feel history will write a chapter called: "#OpenAI and #Microsoft: How They Made Things Worse By Forcing #Google To Overreact". #AI

  • Interesting read. "Culture Change at #Google"via @sussman https://social.clawhammer.net/blog/posts/2024-01-19-CultureChange/ "When employees feel truly valued (which is rare!), it creates psychological safety, high morale, productivity, and creativity… If you're someone building a company, challenge yourself to value employees above all else, then watch and be amazed at the ROI."

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    Interesting: An #opensource calendar based on #Google calendar. https://github.com/schedule-x/schedule-x #JavaScript #TypeScript

  • Interesting: An API to get a #Google Sheet as JSON, no authentication required. https://github.com/benborgers/opensheet

  • #Google to explore alternatives to robots.txt 🤔 https://blog.google/technology/ai/ai-web-publisher-controls-sign-up/

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    #Twitter #SEO #Google

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