How Google fills in the blanks for billions of searches

How Google fills in the blanks for billions of searches

by WorldTribune Staff, November 19, 2019 Google has long contended that its search algorithms are objective and free from human biases. “We do not use human curation to collect or arrange the results on a page,” the Internet giant says. A new Wall Street Journal investigation disputes that contention. Google “uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and […]

Media publishers break ‘collective silence’ over Google, Facebook control of advertising revenues

Media publishers break ‘collective silence’ over Google, Facebook control of advertising revenues

by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 The digital advertising dominance of Google and Facebook and their ever-changing algorithms are putting independent publishers at a severe disadvantage and U.S. regulators should step in, News Corp. Chief Executive Officer Robert Thomson said. “It’s fair to say I have algorithm angst,” Thomson said. His concerns have been echoed […]