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Yelp cracks down on 'review rings' as Google continues to see widespread mapspam

Yelp cracks down on ‘review rings’ as Google continues to see widespread mapspam

Locksmiths has always been a troubled category on Google. For years, honest local locksmiths have been crowded out by fake listings and fabricated reviews. Every so often an article calls that to our collective attention. Sprawling network of fake locations. Most recently, the CBC investigated the category and found “a sprawling network of fake locations […]

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Cracks appear in Google’s search ad revenue dominance

Google’s stranglehold over the internet search advertising market is set to weaken over the next two years, new research from eMarketer has revealed. Although Google is forecast to account for nearly three-quarters (71.1%) of search ad revenue in the $55.2bn US market this year, this will fall slightly to 70.5% in 2021, eMarketer said. Meanwhile,

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Forum cracks the vintage passwords of Ken Thompson and other Unix pioneers

Aurich Lawson / Getty As one of the original versions of Unix, BSD is an ancient operating system. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it used what are, by today’s standards, strange, even ridiculous security. For one, the hashing function protecting passwords, though state of the art 40 years ago, is now trivial

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Facebook Shrinks Mobile Ads; Google Cracks Down on Software Ads

Welcome back to the online advertising news round-up! The second half of July 2019 has been a busy one as far as marketers are concerned. We’ve got eight stories for you today: Facebook shrinking ads in the mobile News Feed, Google ramping up enforcement of their software advertising policies, LinkedIn launching new campaign objectives, and

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Vape Advertising Violations: FDA Cracks Down on Makers, Influencers

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) went after four e-cigarette companies Friday for violating FDA requirements with their advertisements on social media, including through partnerships with “influencers.” Vape Advertising Violations The FDA said in a statement: The FDA has determined that the e-liquid products labeled and/or advertised on behalf of the companies in these social

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Are Cloud Regulations Slipping Through the Cracks at Your Business?

Pexels / Pixabay Every day, the public entrusts sensitive personal information to industries that use cloud-based computing. Whether by visiting a doctor, buying groceries, using an ATM, or other means, people give their data to companies in countless ways. The responsibility for understanding and enforcing the laws and policies that protect the public’s private information

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Twitter Gets Rid of 70 Million Fake Accounts in May and June, Cracks Down on Trolls

Twitter has been aggressively suspending false accounts in a bid to curtail the spread of fake news. The company’s massive crackdown on trolls and bots have resulted in one million dubious accounts being deleted or suspended per day. According to the Washington Post, Twitter has been coming down hard on fake accounts, trolls, and bots

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