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• Google is testing a new ads unit that puts car rental advertisers in a carousel for consumer comparison shopping

  

  Mark Traphagen

  

  Google Ads Car Rental Ad Unit Spotted

  seroundtable.com - Barry Schwartz

  The folks at SEMRush spotted a new Google Ad format for car rentals. This ad unit lets you compare prices from different car rental companies for a …

• Why we have not yet reached “peak Google” when it comes to ad revenue: “The biggest mistake, though, was in underestimating just how far Google could go in terms of showing users more ads, even once you accounted for more users using Google more often.”

  

  Mark Traphagen

  

  The Google Squeeze

  stratechery.com - Ben Thompson

  In 3Q 2014 Google had $16.5 billion in revenue and $2.8 billion in profit. I proceeded to write an article entitled Peak Google. Fast forward to last …

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  Mark Traphagen

  

  Slow website? Google Chrome will make sure everyone knows it.

  Android Authority - Oliver Cragg

  Google is considering slapping slow-loading websites with a speed warning badge in Chrome. After cracking down on invasive ads in its Chrome browser, Google now wants to tackle the scourge of slow-loading websites by slapping them with a speed warning badge. The search giant has revealed it is …

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  Mark Traphagen

  

  Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets

  TechCrunch - Natasha Lomas

  In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the choice of search product users can pick from in markets around the world. Most notably it has expanded …

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  Mark Traphagen

  

  The Friendship That Made Google Huge

  The New Yorker - James Somers

  Coding together at the same computer, Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat changed the course of the company—and the Internet. One day in March of 2000, six of Google’s best engineers gathered in a makeshift war room. The company was in the midst of an unprecedented emergency. In October, its core systems, …

• They're finally taking Google+ off life support, but the real news here is a massive PR problem for Google that could lead to calls for further regulation.

  

  Mark Traphagen

  

  Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public

  The Wall Street Journal. - Douglas MacMillan

  Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network and then opted not to disclose the issue this past spring, in part because of fears that doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny and cause reputational damage, according to people briefed on the incident …