Search Engine Land » SEO » New Google Merchant Center policy: AI-generated reviews are spam A new Google Merchant Center policy on “automated content” says reviews generated using an automated program or artificial intelligence application are considered spam and against the Google Merchant Center policies. Google posted this update here …
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The number of emoji subscription purchases on the South Korean messaging app KakaoTalk has dropped by a third over the year, parent firm Kakao said in quarterly earnings call Thursday. It blamed Google’s new in-app payment policy, which forces apps to use the Android-maker’s own billing system. KakaoTalk’s Emoticon Plus …
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Processings…Please wait. “Their algorithms are garbage,” said Lesley Hensell Demand, partner in Riverbend Consulting, a firm that helps Amazon sellers overcome a host of challenges, including account de-activation and loss of ASINs (a kind of ISBN number Amazon assigns to products. Riverbend is heavily staffed by former Amazon employees. There …
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Update: Evernote has reversed course on its previous plan to make machine-learning an opt-out system. Instead, they company will allow customers to opt-in to allowing their notes to be used for machine learning. “[W]e will make machine learning technologies available to our users, but no employees will be reading note …
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trudeau also spoke about his personal “low point” over the last 12 months Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has defended his practice of attending fundraisers with wealthy donors. Mr Trudeau said he and his cabinet members make themselves available to a broad range of …
Read More »Media captionDonald Trump says he “doesn’t want China dictating to me” China says it is “seriously concerned” after US President-elect Donald Trump expressed doubts about continuing to abide by the “One China” policy. Under the policy, the US has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which …
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In the wake of the U.S. Election, as Facebook and Google come under fire for the dissemination of fake “news” in their News Feed and search results, Twitter is tackling another area that’s been a flashpoint issue not only recently, but for years: the social media platform today is unveiling some major updates to its safety policy, aimed at helping users …
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