Official Blog - World Web Technology

APRIL 29, 2024

Chatbots Will Rule the Roost Chatbots will also continue to gain their mileage in this internet marketing era. Next-GEN SEO is here In the SEO services landscape, a lot of different changes are reshaping which has immensely influenced the search results in this internet marketing era.

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O'Reilly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It’s been well publicized that Google’s Bard made some factual errors when it was demoed, and Google paid for these mistakes with a significant drop in their stock price. Large language models like ChatGPT and Google’s LaMDA aren’t designed to give correct results. That’s what beta tests are for.

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MachMetrics

OCTOBER 16, 2019

As the media coverage of the project ramps up, you may have heard of Starlink – SpaceX’s new satellite constellation project. A lot of coverage on this project is centered (rightfully) around the potential of this project to deliver fast internet to underdeveloped nations at a minimal cost. Elon Musk’s need for speed.

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O'Reilly

MARCH 26, 2024

To zoom out again, we live in a society where mainstream journalism has been carved out and gutted by the internet, search, and social media. The New York Times is one of the last serious publications standing and they’ve worked incredibly hard and cleverly in their “digital transformation” since the advent of the internet.

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O'Reilly

APRIL 30, 2024

Degrading quality for higher profit It is instructive to consider how the algorithmic technologies that underpinned the aggregator platforms of old (think Amazon, Google and Facebook among others) initially deployed to benefit users, were eventually reprogrammed to increase profits for the platform. But it is far from alone.

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

In almost every area, Apple's low-quality implementation of features WebKit already supports requires workarounds not necessary for Firefox (Gecko) or Chrome/Edge/Brave/Samsung Internet (Blink). webcam access via getUserMedia() or the Media Session API ) may attend deceptively small expansions in exposed API surface. Media Recorder.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

That ensures that the video will start playback quickly and is much less likely to stall during playback — no matter the speed of your user’s internet connection. Your video streaming tool should fit into your existing media pipeline. It’s truly a one-stop platform for visual media processing. (vf, Image credit: imgix ).

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O'Reilly

MAY 25, 2021

GPT-3 is essentially an auto-complete bot whose underlying Machine Learning (ML) model has been trained on vast quantities of text available on the Internet. Indeed, Google recently announced LaMDA , a model at GPT-3 scale that is designed to participate in conversations. The Arms Race. Targeted Manipulation at Scale.

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Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Results may vary because of factors like resolution, internet speed, and different OS versions. For medium to large scale applications, compatible with all commonly available operating systems and internet browsers is essential. Media may not play on some environments. Why Perform Compatibility Testing? Files may not show.

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KeyCDN

OCTOBER 3, 2019

After HTTP/2, coming up next is QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections). Google has been working for quite some time to speed up its network protocols in order to minimize website response times. Google is hopeful that QUIC can reduce connection costs towards zero RTTs. Google plans to propose QUIC as an IETF standard.

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Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The most beautiful, spectacular site in the world won’t do anyone much good if people can’t find it on Google (or Bing, or DuckDuckGo). With Google Search Console you can see exactly where your pages are (or aren’t) ranking for different keywords. Google Keyword Planner. Google Trends. Google Mobile-Friendly Test.

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Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 15, 2020

The entire country of China’s internet connectivity is shielded by the Great Firewall (GFW). There are three state-owned ISP providers, China Unicom, China Telecom, and China Mobile , that control internet in China. These updates will disable access of Google apps downloader, for example. Keyword Filtering and Blocking.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

These metrics are used by Google to evaluate the quality of user experience. It can be combined with CSS media queries to select the appropriate image for the width of the screen. Consequently, your CSS styles and media queries have no impact on its choice. Eloïse Martin. 2023-01-16T18:00:00+00:00. 2023-01-16T22:03:27+00:00.

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Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

For example, a billion dollar scale Internet Marketing company is using Greenplum advanced analytics to perform audience profiling to understand who their audience is, what they buy, which networks and devices they use, and where they are geographically located so they can better understand and serve their market. How to Get Started.

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Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Google's Search App and Facebook's various apps for Android undermine these choices in slightly different ways. [3] Developers also suffer higher costs and reduced opportunities to escape Google, Facebook, and Apple's walled gardens. Samsung Internet set as the default browser and loads web pages from links in the app.

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Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT). Besides that, these apps do well in areas with a slow internet connection. So it is convenient for all to use irrespective of internet speed and it works offline using cached data. The most preferred single-page applications are Gmail, Google Drive, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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KeyCDN

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The major application for high quality compression of photos is Internet speed. While bandwidth does continue to increase each year, so does the quality and size of most Internet media. The most promising compression tool right now was developed by the Alliance for Open Media on its AV1 format and is called AVIF.

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Rigor

JUNE 4, 2019

If this is a media site that wants to quickly load content so the user can start reading, you could reasonably say Page A is the best. However, the subscriptions department for that same media site might say Page A is terrible because they want people to be able to click the “buy a subscription” call to action button.

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Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ) These tools make it easier to determine where we need to put emphasis to improve our sites. Also, the speed of my internet connection is humongous and I’m close to data centres located in Stockholm and London.

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Percona

APRIL 26, 2023

Watch the “Using Open Source Software to Optimize and Troubleshoot Your MySQL Environment” video sessions Open source software powers the Internet. Consider all the projects in Google’s graveyard, like Google Reader, Stadia, G+, and too many messaging apps to even try to recount.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Today, creating content on the Internet is the norm, not the exception. — Media, Images, Web Almanac 2021 chapter. Mobile image transfer size by year graphic from Media, Images, Web Almanac 2021 chapter. A Guide To Image Optimization On Jamstack Sites. Alba Silvente. 2022-11-17T10:00:00+00:00. 2022-11-17T14:33:01+00:00.

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Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Apple continues to self-preference through exclusive API access for Safari; e.g., the ability to install PWA s to the home screen, implement media codecs, and much else. The New York Times reported in late 2020 that Google now pays Apple between $8-12 billion per year , up from $1 billion in 2014. Instead, Fruit Co.

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Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

The daily media consumption on mobile devices has grown by 504 percent since 2011[2]. The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. that require internet connectivity. that require internet connectivity. online shopping, bill payments, etc.)

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KeyCDN

MARCH 14, 2019

Major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud all support serverless services. Low Code, Less Problems Low code development platforms like Google App Maker and Microsoft PowerApps have lowered the entry bar for novice web designers by streamlining the development process.

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CSS - Tricks

AUGUST 15, 2019

Google suggests either treating this feature as a progressive enhancement or using it on top of your existing JavaScript-based lazy-loading solution. This feature has not yet been added to the HTML Standard (but there is an open pull request ), and multiple links to Google’s documentation are listed on its Chrome Status page.

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MachMetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

With the latest introduction of the Core Web Vital section on GSC + upcoming Google’s core web vital update, site owners are forced to take note of their website speed and web vitals. Importance of page loading speed – Google checks your website load time and they like it as fast with a better user experience.

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MachMetrics

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Google’s Web Vitals are a key group of metrics in web performance, so it makes sense to see where you rank using Google’s Lighthouse as well. However, it is equally important to test how your website performs on slower devices and internet connections, so this information is incredibly useful. WebPageTest Scripting.

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Testsigma

JUNE 17, 2021

A few years back, I gave my friend a keyword to search on Google and asked him to open the third link that pops up in the results. This urged me to check out the support page of Google and find out this written on it, “ When you search on Google, your results are customized to your current region. Google Chrome Developer Tools.

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Website Testing Google Ecommerce 52

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Knowing how that control happens, and how it fails, will help us to understand the breakdown of social media. In the world of social media especially, preserving the right and ability to pay attention is more valuable than preserving some abstract notion of “speech.” It is the mechanism that makes our media so easy to subvert.

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Testsigma

APRIL 13, 2022

Another research supported this conclusion by providing data that depicts 90% of the total internet time of the users is spent on mobile apps. For example, if you have a social media application, the app will have access to the status posting section or the section to upload photos, chats etc. should work.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In the late 1990s, marketing and advertising agencies saw the potential of eye-tracking for the Internet and started using the technology to analyze how people consume content online. Before those studies, web pages were designed as printed media, with columns and big blocks of text. Source: mashable.com ) ( Large preview ).

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Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Google’s Lighthouse is one of them, which shows information about PWA, SEO and more. presented in Google IO 2018 ( source ). Also, the speed of my internet connection is humongous and I’m close to data centres located in Stockholm and London. SpeedCurve report for several news sites, including Vox Media’s The Verge ( source ).

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Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Mainstream desktops had internet explorer with Netscape as an option but it was slower in capturing a significant share. Affordable devices have revolutionized the internet world and still, manufacturers don’t seem to stop. They just released their website for Google Chrome versions 80 and above.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 1, 2022

Every major website on the Internet today relies — to some degree — on third-party services. The HTTP Archive tracks third-party usage across a large swath of all active websites on the Internet today. Graph of resource request chains on a typical news media website. You have control over what these resources are.

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Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

Last time, I navigated the web for a day using Internet Explorer 8. I downloaded TripMode ; an application for Mac which gives you control over which apps on your Mac can access the internet. Any other application’s internet access is automatically blocked. Google Homepage — DOM. I enabled Chrome. Large preview ).

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The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Each had come to prominence in the handset market differently: Nokia was a mobile telephony company, Blackberry a mobile email company, Apple a personal technology company, Google an internet search and advertising company. With the benefit of hindsight, we know how it played out.

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The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Google Docs, Trello, …). That connection could be peer-to-peer across devices, and doesn’t have to be over the Internet. I’m all in :). The rock or the hard place? On the one-hand we have ‘cloud apps’ which make it easy to access our work from multiple devices and to collaborate online with others (e.g. The brave new world.

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