University of Lincoln researcher Malgorzata Pilot and colleagues have found small blocks of dog ancestry in the genomes of 62% Eurasian grey wolves. Published in the journal Evolutionary Applications, their work suggests that wolf-dog hybridization has been geographically widespread in Europe and Asia and has been occurring for centuries; the …

Roger Federer’s loss to Juan Martin del Potro in the final of the BNP Paribas Open last Sunday, in which he squandered three match points, was a reminder that, appearances to the contrary, the world No. But even though the match ended with a rare loss for Federer (his first …

Facebook is currently dealing with a scandal over using its information by British political research study company Cambridge Analytica. It didn’t get the data through a hack, however apparently through a Facebook app which gave a researcher user information — and likewise the data of their friends. The majority of …

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called  the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its …

Are you looking for some smart and easy SEO wins in 2018? Who isn’t? This is a great time to knock down the cobwebs in your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts with some good old-fashioned spring cleaning. Sure, producing great content can be loads of fun, and link building can deliver …

ed Today’s Google doodle honors Katsuko Saruhashi on what would have been the geochemist’s 98th birthday. Saruhashi was renowned in her field of geochemistry and spent much of her career advocating for the advancement of female scientists. “She was deeply committed to inspiring young women to study science, and established …

On the Google My Business Forum, where I volunteer as a Top Contributor, we frequently see themes and threads from business owners who want Google to remove their negative reviews. There are a lot of cases where we cannot do anything because the reviews don’t break Google’s review guidelines, but …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 8 types of negative reviews Google will removeMar 22, 2018 by Joy Hawkins Is someone getting back at your company by leaving negative reviews? Contributor Joy …

If you’re one to edit ads in AdWords rather than pause or remove old ads, then add new ones, now you can easily compare all those old ad variations. To get to the new version history screen, available only in the new AdWords interface, hover next to an ad, click …

Talk in the digital advertising space has traditionally focused on Google and Facebook’s digital duopoly, each fighting for more of your advertising dollars. But for Google, the real competition is coming from elsewhere. Over the last few years, Google has pushed further and further into the retail space. Simultaneously, Amazon …