Topic: search data

  • Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year Calls Out AI Junk

    Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year Calls Out AI Junk

    Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year, officially defining it as low-quality, mass-produced AI content that now saturates online spaces. The choice reflects a growing public awareness and need to name substandard digital material, identified through spikes in search vol...

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  • 5 SEO Truths That Cut Through the AI Hype

    5 SEO Truths That Cut Through the AI Hype

    Foundational SEO principles remain more effective than chasing AI-specific trends, as traditional strategies continue to drive meaningful results and long-term search visibility. Breaking news and real-time reporting dominate search results during critical moments, with AI Overviews appearing lat...

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  • Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome, Rejects Breakup Order

    Judge Rules Google Can Keep Chrome, Rejects Breakup Order

    Google successfully defended against a breakup of Chrome and Android, with the court rejecting the Department of Justice's most aggressive antitrust remedies. Instead of forced divestitures, the ruling imposes behavioral changes, including new limits on exclusive app pre-installation requirements...

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  • End Google's Exclusive Search Deals, Not Chrome

    End Google's Exclusive Search Deals, Not Chrome

    A federal judge ruled that Google must end its exclusive search agreements and provide competitors access to search data, challenging its market dominance. The decision targets Google's lucrative default search deals, such as with Apple, which were found to unlawfully restrict competition and vio...

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  • Google and Apple's $20 Billion Search Deal Remains Intact

    Google and Apple's $20 Billion Search Deal Remains Intact

    The court ruled that Google can maintain its lucrative search agreements, including a $20 billion deal with Apple, to avoid severe financial harm to partners and negative consumer impacts. Google is not required to divest Chrome or Android, nor display choice screens for alternative search provid...

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