The Ultimate Guide Since its introduction in 2012 the Google Disavow Tool has become an indispensable instrument for website operators and online marketers It is the only method of positively mitigating backlink risks and maintaining off-page signals. If used correctly, the Disavow Tool becomes a one-way communication channel with Google. …

AMP won’t be required for Google’s Top Stories section Google announced today a new Page Experience Update and along with this Google will no longer require AMP for the mobile version of the Top Stories section in Google search. This won’t happen until sometime in 2021, but it is important …

Was almost $125 billion in 2019 but growth is slowing Digital advertising in 2019 was worth $124.6 billion, according to the IAB and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. That’s about $54 billion more than advertisers spent on television, the number two medium. Online ad growth is slowing, however. Last year, it came in just …

Nearly two-thirds of online publishers saw lower CPMs in early May Technology companies and agencies have been reporting that CPMs are down for the past two months, although they’re now creeping back up. The IAB is out with survey data that seeks to quantify the extent of price declines from …

Can Jailbreak Any iPhone For as long as the iPhone has existed, there have been people trying to “jailbreak” it to bypass Apple’s draconian restrictions. The cat-and-mouse game between Apple and hackers has continued over the last decade, but Apple has usually come out on top. For the first time …

ARM Goes for Broke With High-Performance Cortex-X1 CPU Core ARM announced a pair of new CPU core designs on Tuesday and launched a significant new strategy for competing in the market in the process. The Cortex-A78 is a new high-efficiency core that emphasizes that aspect of design over performance. It’s …

Fossil of Ancient Long-Tailed Bird Found in China A new genus and species of jeholornithiform avialan that lived during the Cretaceous period has been identified from a nearly-complete specimen found in China. An artist’s impression of the jeholornithiform avialan Jeholornis. Image credit: Aijuan Shi. Named Kompsornis longicaudus, the prehistoric bird …

Dinosaur-Killing Chicxulub Asteroid Hit Earth at Angle of 60 Degrees A 10-km asteroid crashed into Earth near the site of the small town of Chicxulub in Mexico at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago. The impact unleashed an incredible amount of climate-changing gases into the …

Astronomers Spot Ancient ‘Ring of Fire’ Galaxy Galaxies come in all shapes and sizes, but few are ring galaxies. Astronomers studying one of these objects on the other side of the universe have noted some startling properties. As with other ring galaxies, this one is not a result of internal …

NASA, SpaceX Gear Up for Historic Crewed Launch Today NASA and SpaceX are just hours away from making history. After years of development and testing, SpaceX is set to become the first private spaceflight firm to carry American astronauts into space as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. This is …