Google invited some of the most vocal independent site owners who’ve been shadowbanned by their brutal updates of the last two years, and 20 of them came to pay their respects. We had no idea what the purpose of our visit was going in, but we knew by the time we left.
web media companies can’t count on any of the traffic coming from Google or Facebook any more. Very few, even one that are frugally run, are capable of surviving on the traffic that remains.
The little men in your computer do this every time you open google.com
Webfonts were great when most computers only had a handful of good fonts pre-installed. Thanks to font creation and buying by Apple, Microsoft, Google, and other folks, most computers have good—no, great—fonts installed, and they're a great option if you want to not load a separate font.
The Web Platform Status web site was initially created by Google, and the project is now open source. The purpose of the dashboard is to allow web developers to query and track features shipped in major browsers.
If you glance over this blog, you will see that I am an avid Android fan. After setting up numerous Linux proot desktops on phones, I wanted to see if I use a phone as a server and run my blog from an Android phone. Since you are reading this, I was successful.
I look left and right, and I'm the only one who still uses Firefox.
uBlock Origin will soon stop functioning in Chrome as Google transitions to new browser extension rules.
Google is no longer trying to index the entire web. In fact, it's become extremely selective, refusing to index most content. This isn't about content creators failing to meet some arbitrary standard of quality. Rather, it's a fundamental change in how Google approaches its role as a search engine.
Get out of the Google Cycle wherever you can.
Why would anyone trust Google or use one of their services. Yes, I'm still bitter about Google Reader.
Unique illustrations of combined emoji, cooked up in Google's Emoji Kitchen, and comprehensively available on the web.
Bit by bit, the internet has been remade in Google’s image. And it’s humans — not machines — who have to deal with the consequences.
Rethink Sans was created in 2023 by Rethink’s ECD of Design Hans Thiessen. It was developed specifically to help everyone design with greater confidence and craft in Google Workspace.
Some good simple instructions on how to get started when building a Chrome browser extension.
