Google may select a canonical URL based on your site’s perceived preference and the URL that is more useful for the user, Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller explained on the September 9 edition of #AskGoogleWebmasters. The question. “You can indicate your preference to Google using these techniques, but Google may …

Bloomreach has announced the launch of its B2B Search Merchandising (brSM) connector for Salesforce Commerce Cloud on Salesforce App Exchange. The connector lets Commerce Cloud users integrate Bloomreach’s site search and merchandising tools in their e-commerce environments. Why we should care The AppExchange listing significantly extends availability to users working …

Google entering verticals and competing directly against publishers, advancements in machine learning and AI and zero-click searches are the trends most likely to affect SEO in the next three years, according to a SparkToro survey of over 1,500 SEOs. Trends that are here to stay? Respondents were presented with a …

Infielder Gavin Lux, Los Angeles No. 1 prospect and MLBs No. 9 prospect per MLB Pipeline, will be called up to the Majors for the first time, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Sundays 4-3, 11-inning win over the D-backs. Rosters expanded from 25 players to 40 on Sunday, a …

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a thread-like ferromagnetic robot that can glide through complex and constrained environments, such as the labrynthine vasculature of the brain. Kim et al developed robotic thread that can be steered magnetically and is small enough to work …

Sites operating under a subdomain or subfolder of another brand are attracting attention from SEOs as well as search engines. This trend has most recently involved coupon sites that use a subdomain of well-entrenched media outlets, but could potentially be applied to any number of industries. Global Savings Group’s CNN …

Archaeologists have uncovered almost two hundred stone artifacts, including projectile points and flake tools, and bone fragments from large mammals at the Cooper’s Ferry site in western Idaho, the United States. The discovery suggests that humans lived in the area 16,000 years ago, more than a thousand years earlier than …

Spotify this morning announced a new way for you to share music with friends (or fans, if you’re an artist) — by way of a new Facebook Stories integration that includes 15-second song previews. Viewers can also optionally tap on the “Play on Spotify” button in the Story to be …

  Development of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) stretches all the way back to the mid-90s. No one at the time could have anticipated how long it would take to get the monstrously complex instrument built, but we’re in the home stretch now. Engineers at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in …

  No one, as far as I can tell, really likes post-processed motion interpolation, also called motion smoothing or the “Soap Opera Effect” (SOE). It can work well for certain kinds of broadcasts, like sports, but its benefits in this arena are outweighed by the generally disliked, overly smooth presentation …