Why Google Changes Your Titles in Search Results
Until now (in fact, even yesterday) Â I was telling people that Google uses the HTML <title> tag of the given page when displaying search results. Â Turns out, this is not always true.
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Why Waze is so incredibly popular in Costa Rica
Why Waze is so incredibly popular in Costa Rica – excellent story, which, I think, is pretty applicable in Cyprus too. Â There aren’t many people here. Â And there are even fewer sensible street addresses. Â We are landmark driven navigation country too.
Worst handwriting ever!
Sometimes when I tell people that I have the worst handwriting ever, they think that I’m joking. Â So, here is some real proof. Â This is a snapshot of the A1 paper which I used yesterday on a meeting. Â This is me describing the shipping industry to a colleague of mine. And that’s me not being … Continue reading Worst handwriting ever!
HTTPS availability affects website’s Google ranking
Google has been pushing for wider HTTPS adoption for a while now – converting its own services, working on the SPDY/HTTP 2.0 protocols, etc. Â Now, it seems, they want other people to start adopting HTTPS too. Â And what’s better way than add it as a signal to Google Search rankings? […] over the past few … Continue reading HTTPS availability affects website’s Google ranking
Global email in Gmail. Bad idea.
Gmail blog reports that Google is working on a more global email. Â The first step is internationalized email addresses, like this: As someone who worked in international environments for years, I strongly dislike this idea. Â There is a whole array of issues related to this: readability of the email address (yes, read it!), display issues … Continue reading Global email in Gmail. Bad idea.