Tag Archives: google

Back when I screwed up the ranking of a site

Posted on Jun 23, 2020 by

This is not my proudest moment because I knew better: Once I screwed up the Google ranking of a client site. We were doing a semi-major overhaul of the site and shortly after going into production, the ranking of the … Continue reading →

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Google News

Posted on Oct 2, 2019 by

Thomas Baekdal (previously) responds to the story that “Google won’t pay french publishers for snippets” with a thread: I got an email this morning asking for my views on 'Google won't pay french publishers for snippets" … so here is … Continue reading →

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Transcribing private conversations

Posted on Aug 20, 2019 by

Big Tech transcribes samples recorded from the microphones at our homes. We know this. I was honestly surprised that the Danish newspaper Politiken chose to treat the fact that Apple and Google had had private conversations of their users transcribed … Continue reading →

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Alexa might spell the end of the independent seller

Posted on Feb 4, 2019 by

If invisible interfaces succeed – which I am not entirely sure they will – Alexa will function as a barrier of entry for independents sellers. Which is probably why Amazon is so focused on it. Google, Apple and Microsoft try … Continue reading →

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Tag ved lære af Danske Bank

Posted on Oct 3, 2018 by

Anders Heide Mortensen skrev i går følgende: Hold op med at omskrive historien, Danske Bank-medarbejdere. I en årrække leverede jeres mikroskopiske, inferiøre afdeling i Estland hver tiende overskudskrone, jeres bank tjente. Hver tiende. Filialen høvlede penge hjem til jeres koncern, som … Continue reading →

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The creepiness factor

Posted on Jul 8, 2018 by

I just bought a rather specific piece of clothing. I didn’t search for it, I knew exactly which website I needed to go to order it, went there and purchased it. The day after, Youtube started recommending me videos of … Continue reading →

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About those “100s are reading your Gmail” articles

Posted on Jul 4, 2018 by

So, Wall Street Journal has published a story about hundreds of people reading your email on Gmail. The article is being a paywall, but other publications have been kind enough to reproduce the important bits, like BoingBoing and others. The important … Continue reading →

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Google not being evil

Posted on Jun 7, 2018 by

While Google was created with the words “Don’t be evil” as its foundation – later replaced by the parent company Alphabet’s “Do the right thing” – we have long known that the company no longer adhered to this slogan. I … Continue reading →

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Google’s sociale netværk

Posted on Apr 28, 2018 by

Er det ikke sjovt at Google (eller rettere, Alphabet) først for nylig opdagede at de allerede havde et socialt netværk og at det faktisk er en succes? Ja, naturligvis ikke Google+, men Youtube.

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“Don’t do evil”

Posted on May 20, 2017 by

Jeg var en af dem der hoppede på Google’s “don’t be evil” slogan. Det naive deri er, at der er ekstremt få mennesker der faktisk synes at de gør noget forkert. Der er som regel et rationale der kan forklare … Continue reading →

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