Search results for: “Google”
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Thin Content Manual Penalty: 10 Days in Google Hell
The last time I receive a manual penalty from Google was about 3 years ago. I was penalized for unnatural outbound links, and I got it revoked. It was pretty easy and straightforward. I knew I what my sin was and all I had to do was to right my wrong, get on my knees…
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Fix: Google Plus “Unable To Load More” Issue With Google Chrome on macOS
For quite a while, I’ve had a nagging issue using Google Plus on Google Chrome and it has been like this for a couple of months. Being an issue that isn’t widespread, a search on Google returned no useful results. Visiting Google Plus with Google Chrome on macOS Sierra works fine, but scrolling down to…
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How to Restore Deleted Google Contacts
I picked up my phone that morning to make a call, launched the Contacts app and realized I had just about 5 contacts left out of the hundreds in my phone book. Still trying to understand what was happening, I checked my other device to see the same thing. All contacts were gone. The only…
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Allo Won’t End Google’s Struggle With Instant Messaging
Google has finally released it’s new instant messaging app, Allo. For years, Google has been struggling to create a messaging app to rival established messaging platforms, but these efforts have been met with failures. Google is yet to have a platform to rival the likes of Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp. With Allo, Google tries once again…
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Review: Microsoft’s Outlook App Beats Google’s Gmail App
When your primary email is hosted on Google Apps and you have a bunch of other Gmail addresses, I guess it’s natural to install Gmail app across your devices and limit yourself just to it. I’ve always used Gmail on my Android devices over the years and it works quite well, but the experience isn’t…
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Fix Google Play Store Error: Invalid Credit Card Number
I was trying to pay for an item last weekend at the Play Store and had to replace the expired debit card I had on record. I input the new debit card details but it wasn’t accepted. This is the same card I use at the App Store, it’s the same one I use to settle web hosting charges…
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We May Start Seeing Nexus Phones Fully Developed By Google
Google has always partnered with third party smartphone vendors to make its Nexus line of devices but this may be coming to an end soon. Although Nexus phones have one thing in common and that’s the optimized, unadulterated stock Android OS, it appears Google wants more control over this line of device. Google manages the…
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Got An Android Phone? These New Google Now Commands Are Yours
With the latest update to Google app, it appears Google’s personal assistant is quite ready to take on Siri. Google Now has received an update and 9 new commands have been added to make the personal assistant a lot more useful. This new update is available to any one using Google Now. Here are the…
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This is Why I’m Finally Ditching Firefox for Google Chrome
I’ve always been a Firefox guy and it’s one browser I always thought I couldn’t do without. Even when I tried using other browsers, I always found myself going back to it. My love-hate relationship began with Chrome 3 years ago when I switched to it temporarily just because of Angry Birds. You can read…
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Google Maps: How to Download Your City’s Map for Offline View
A few days ago, Google announced on its official blog that the latest version of Google Maps now allows offline navigation. Before now, Google Maps allows you to download maps for offline use but the functionality when used in offline mode is pretty limited. This is probably the best feature Google Maps received this year…
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Those Huge Google+ Profile Views Are Not Exactly What You Think
The first time I checked my Google Plus profile to see over 100 million views last year, I was very surprised. Back then, Google was showing authorship on posts when you search on Google and my assumption was that most of these views came from Google search. After all, my Google+ profile link appeared next…
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How To Get Google Adsense Approval in 2015
You will agree with me that Google Adsense is the highest paying advertising network and the most common way for bloggers to make money online, but getting your Adsense application approved is not easy. Many bloggers get fed up and stop applying for adsense after several disapprovals. The truth is that I have experienced it…