In an announcement, Google has updated the PageSpeed Insights tool in order to use data from the Chrome user experience report. This means that the tool uses metrics from “real-world Chrome users who experience popular destinations on the web.” The pagespeed tool shows how fast your pages load based on real user data. This metric is very important for […]
On February 15, Chrome will cease showing ads on websites that display non-compliant ad experiences. The very first warning came out back in June, although there wasn’t a specified time given, aside from “early 2018.” Because there is over half the market share put into the browser market, this has a potentially sizable impact for non-complaint websites whose ads don’t […]
According to Sridhar Ramaswamy at an at an event for publishers in Chicago Tuesday, the only things that are holding back the flood of ad blockers on mobile are technological limitations. When asked about the impact of the ad-blocking capability coming to Chrome next year, Ramaswamy said, “We have to get a handle on the whole problem.” Google is going […]
By now, most SEOs have heard that moving web pages with forms to HTTPS is necessary to avoid being shown as “not secure” in Chrome 62. By moving your site to HTTPS, webmasters will gain a number of benefits, but there is a unique SEO opportunity which is easy to overlook. If done properly, this opportunity can […]
On the evening of August 17th, webmasters received email notifications from Google via Google Search Console to site owners that have forms on web pages over HTTP. Beginning in October 2017, these pages will be marked as not secure in Chrome 62. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about this notification. Google handed out […]
Google has decided to bring the Chrome browser to virtual Reality (VR), as well as augmented reality (AR). On the second day of I/O, at the end of their morning keynote, Google made some announcements that were tied to Chrome that were interesting for the future of the mobile web. Previously, Google had authored a web […]
There are two new efforts that Google has announced for Chrome that is meant to encourage webmasters and site owners to move their sites to HTPS. Later this year, Google’s Chrome browser will show a warning message on pages that have search boxes or forms to fill out. Google said, “[in] October 2017, Chrome will show […]
Google has began sending out notices through the Google Search Console to websites that have login and password fields on pages that aren’t over HTTPS. The notification says that nonsecure Collection of Passwords will trigger warnings in Chrome 56 for domain.com. In January, Chrome 56 is going to issue a security warning for web pages that have […]
The recently introduced Chrome Custom Tabs feature can be used to enable single sign-on (SSO) in enterprise apps in a way that is both secure and usable.
It comes as no surprise, but Google has finally been hit with a formal “Statement of Objections” (antitrust charges) by the European Commission in regards to the Android OS and related practices. The focus of the charges are the requirement that handset makers pre-install selected Google apps, like Chrome, in exchange for access to the Google […]