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Google is Finally Sunsetting Google Glass

Posted on March 16, 2023 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google Glass Enterprise Edition Sunset

Google is finally sunsetting their Google Glass product. They had discontinued support for Google Glass a while back, but they’re finally going to stop supporting Google Glass Enterprise Edition. The Google Glass Enterprise Edition was mostly being used by companies. [Read more…]

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Google Allegedly Eavesdrops and Monitors the Brain 24 hours a Day to Control Humanity

Posted on September 14, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google eavesdrops and monitors the brain 24 hours a day to control humanity

Okay, I get a good number of spam emails and occasionally I get some very odd emails. And I’ve come across some people who have a lot to say about Google. There are a lot of rumors out there about Google’s privacy practices, what they monitor, what they track, and soforth. [Read more…]

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Sometimes Google Isn’t Family Friendly

Posted on August 1, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

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Sometimes Google is not very family friendly. I mean, we all know that you can turn on and turn off Google’s SafeSearch feature. Their SafeSearch feature might not apply to events, though. I don’t currently have the SafeSearch filter on, since I really do need to see what search engine results are showing up for certain keywords. [Read more…]

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How I Got 100 Million Views On My Google Maps Photos

Posted on February 15, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google Maps 100 million views

I recently got an email directly from Google congratulating me on reaching 100 million views on my Google Maps photos. That’s 100,000,000 views. I was particularly surprised that I reached that many views on photos I’ve uploaded to Google Maps business listings. However, I knew that I was getting close as I had recently seen that I was at about 90 million views, thinking that I needed to go out and take more photos. I thought I would go ahead and tell you how I reached this number of views. I’ll go through my process, and explain some of the benefits from doing what I do. [Read more…]

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Is Google Concerned About Being Regulated?

Posted on February 8, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google-take-action-legislation

Google is sending out emails to businesses, using a type of scare tactic, to inform them that upcoming legislation could harm their business. In the email, they state that if legislative bills are passed, the changes could make it harder for customers to find your business, hurt your productivity, and cost your business time and money. In reality, the legislation is designed to ultimately protect businesses from companies like Google. [Read more…]

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Google Cameos Shutting Down February 17, 2022

Posted on January 21, 2022 Written by Bill Hartzer

Cameos on Google Shutting Down

Add this to the list of Google services that they’ve created and then shut down. Google Cameos (also known as Cameos on Google) is shutting down on February 17, 2022, just less than a month from now. On that date, if you have access to Google Cameos, then you will no longer be able to record and upload videos.

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Google is Showing Amazon Search Results in their Search Results

Posted on November 1, 2021 Written by Bill Hartzer

Amazon internal search results showing in Google's search results.

Amazon’s internal search results pages are showing up in Google’s search engine results pages. Some are ranking well for their chosen keyword.

Google is showing, and in many cases, ranking Amazon’s search results in their search results pages. If you search for a keyword in Google, such as ‘smores k cups’, one of the top ranking results in Google’s organic search results is Amazon’s search results page for that same keyword, ‘smores k cups’. This is a big deal for several reasons, but I don’t think it’s acceptable to rank search results pages in the search results pages. It’s just a bad user experience overall. [Read more…]

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Google Enters the Auto Industry

Posted on September 17, 2021 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google results auto chevrolet pricing

Google has entered the auto industry so to speak, as they are now showing new car pricing and and trim level options right in their search engine results pages. A friend spotted these results when searching for the 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe LT. Google oftentimes runs tests like this, showing certain data or a certain configuration in the results, before they eventually roll out the feature for all users. Sometimes these search result features end up going live for all users, and in other cases they end up not being made live, as the test for the feature is not successful. [Read more…]

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How to Blur Your House Photo on Google Maps

Posted on August 12, 2021 Written by Bill Hartzer

blurred house photo on Google Maps

Have you ever searched for an address on Google Maps, checked out the Street View 360 degree photos, and found that an entire location, building, or house is blurred? Google usually uses their technology to automatically blur faces and license plates. But, did you know that upon request you can get your house or building blurred? If you’re interested in getting Google to blur the photo of your house, for example, then there is actually a way to request that they blur your house’s photo on Google Maps. Here is how to do that. [Read more…]

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How to Opt Out of Google Analytics

Posted on December 16, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

opt out of google analytics

There is a browser add-on that, once installed in your web browser, allows you to opt out of Google Analytics. That essentially means that if you use the add-on when visiting websites that are using Google Analytics, your visit(s) won’t be recorded. This is the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On. [Read more…]

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Google Poly is Shutting Down

Posted on December 2, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google Poly Snowman
Example of a 3d Snowman on Google Poly. Google Poly is being shut down.

Google Poly, the website created by Google for users to browse, distribute, and download 3D objects, is shutting down on June 30, 2021. [Read more…]

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Google Loses Appeal in Google, LLC vs Netlist, Inc.

Posted on June 16, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

google vs netlist

Google has lost an appeal to a patent infringement lawsuit that has been ongoing for several years now. The case, Google, LLC vs. Netlist, Inc., is a case where Google argued that a patent owned by Netlist, Inc. was invalid. Google claimed that part of the patent “involving the specific use of rank-selecting signals for rank multiplication” was invalid. [Read more…]

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Google Continues Its Attack on the URL

Posted on June 15, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google continues it’s attack on the URL so to speak, showing URLs less than they have been in the past. In this latest attack on the URL, Google seems to be “pressing on with new plans to hide all parts of web addresses except the domain name.” [Read more…]

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Google Site Kit Gives Attackers Access to Google Search Console

Posted on May 13, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

Site Kit by Google vulnerability

Not long ago, I installed the Google Site Kit WordPress plugin, as it is an official Google WordPress plugin. When you install the plugin, it gives you an easier way to view data from Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google AdSense, and Google PageSpeed Insights. You can view this data for the entire site or you can view it per page or per post. It doesn’t really do anything special except make it easier for you to view the data. You can see it directly in the WordPress dashboard rather than having to go to each of those sites separately: Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google AdSense, and Google PageSpeed Insights. Well, there’s a problem with the plugin: an attacker can gain access to your Google Search Console for the site, and presumably with access they could do some harm. [Read more…]

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LinkedIn Pages Removed from Google’s Search Engine Results

Posted on May 7, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

linkedin pages removed from Google

It appears that Google has removed the www subdomain of LinkedIn from their organic, natural search engine results pages. This is commonly referred to as being banned in Google when pages are removed. Initially we didn’t know who removed the pages. We now know, as I’ll explain in this post, what really happened and what you need to know as a result of this whole incident. This was a very fluid situation, so this post has been heavily changed and updated as we learned more about what really happened.

Over the past few years, LinkedIn profile pages have typically ranked very well for personal names, especially for my personal name. Google, for some reason, has decided to remove the www subdomain of LinkedIn’s pages. There are a few reasons why pages are removed all of a sudden: the site is given a manual action (penalty) from Google. Initially we didn’t know for certain if it was a manual action from Google or if the pages were mistakenly removed by LinkedIn. In either case, all of the www subdomain pages have been removed from Google’s search engine results. [Read more…]

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Google Ads Phone Support Not Accepting Phone Calls

Posted on March 24, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google Ads Phone Support

Google Ads Support is not currently accepting any phone calls. When you call the phone number for Google Ads phone support, which is 1-866-246-6453, you get a recorded message that they are not accepting any phone calls. The automated message (which is a computer-type voice and not a human-recorded voice) says that they are not accepting phone calls. They then go on to say that they are not accepting phone calls because they are protecting their employees from the effects of COVID-19 and the Coronavirus. [Read more…]

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Results of Removing My Google My Business Listing

Posted on March 17, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

Erase Your Google My Business Listing

Every month, there are over 5 billion searches on Google for restaurants. 3 billion searches for hotels. 1 billion searches for clothing stores. 600 searches for hair and beauty salons. 5 million searches for coffee shops (Google My Business data, December 2019). These are all local businesses with physical locations. Customers visit those locations. But what if you’re NOT a local business.

google searches monthly

What if customers don’t visit your location? Do you really need a Google My Business (GMB) listing? Probably not. Let me explain.

As you may or may not recall, I have a theory that some Google My Business listings are hurting websites and not helping. So, I removed my Google My Business listing. Not only did I remove the GMB listing once, but I removed the listing twice. Essentially with a 3-month time difference between the removing of the listing. It’s been a few weeks since the second removal of the Google My Business listing, and I have some interesting data to report. [Read more…]

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Google AdSense Extortion: Pay or Google Will Disable AdSense

Posted on February 17, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

google adsense extortion scheme

By Bill Hartzer, February 17, 2020 at 11:33am CST

A disturbing new extortion is being sent via email to website publishers who participate in the Google AdSense program. The publisher receives an email, telling them that if they do not pay a certain fee then they will force Google to disable their Google AdSense account. [Read more…]

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Scammers Using Craigslist to Gain Access to Google Accounts

Posted on February 7, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

google account craigslist scam

By Bill Hartzer, February 7, 2020 at 9:22am CST.

Scammers are using Craigslist ads to try to gain access to your Google Account. When the victim places an ad on Craigslist, they respond, asking to call them. Once they have the phone number of the victim, they ask the victim for the Google code that they have Google send them, and they’re then able to access the Google account. [Read more…]

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Google App Maker is Shutting Down

Posted on January 27, 2020 Written by Bill Hartzer

Google is shutting down Google App Maker, a tool that allows you to make custom apps for your business. App Maker is included with G Suite Business and Enterprise editions, as well as with G Suite for Education. [Read more…]

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