Applying for the Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund? Here’s Google’s advice
The fifth round of Europe’s Google’s Digital News Initiative (DNI) Fund is now open, with applications being accepted until 9 April 2018. The fund aims to support…
Google’s Hangouts Chat offers publishers an alternative to Slack
Google released Hangouts Chat last week, a service that allows users to message each other privately or in groups, and work together on projects collaboratively.…
Publishers race to own voice-assistant ‘skills’ and ‘actions’
The first thing publishers need to do to dip into the world of voice is to learn what ‘skills’ (Amazon) or ‘actions’ (Google) are and…
Google Chrome’s ad blocker comes under fire
Google acted against what it describes as ‘intrusive’ adverts, by launching its integrated ad blocker in its Chrome web browser late last week. How does it work? It’s not…
Google & OpenX release study showing publishers experience 48% revenue lift through Google Exchange Bidding collaboration
OpenX and Google have announced the results of a year long collaboration with Google’s Exchange Bidding product, a server-to-server technology that enables stronger dynamic competition…
Google and Facebook make up less than 5 percent of publishers’ digital revenue
Google and Facebook are the biggest tech companies in terms of advertising and biggest traffic sources for publishers, but they still only account for less…
Google harnesses machine learning to help publishers thwart abusive online comments
Google and its early-stage incubator, Jigsaw, have launched a new tool that uses machine learning to help publishers combat online abuse. With Perspective, Google is…
Google makes it easier to see and share publishers’ real URLs from AMP pages
As promised, Google is making a change to how it displays Accelerated Mobile Pages, so that users can easily view and share links that lead directly…
The state of publisher referral traffic from LinkedIn
Referral traffic to publishers from LinkedIn has had its ups and downs, but for the last eight months, it has been on a steady uptick as publishers…
