Category: domains

Google delays ranking all sites based on their mobile version to March 2021

Post author By Randall
Post date July 22, 2020
Categories In domains, gear, Google, indexing, Internet, Mobile, News, phone, ranking, search, Tech

[ad_1] Google has delayed the date when it will start ranking all websites based on their mobile versions. At the start of March, the company said it would switch to mobile-first indexing this September. The company now plans to make the transition in March 2021. “We realize that in these uncertain times, it’s not always easy […]

Microsoft disrupts a botnet that infected 9 million computers

Post author By Randall
Post date March 10, 2020
Categories In algorithm, botnet, business, cybercrime, domains, gear, Internet, malware, Microsoft, necrus, personal computing, personalcomputing, Security, Tech

[ad_1] To disrupt Necurs, Microsoft analyzed a technique the botnet used to generate new domains through an algorithm. It then predicted over six million domains that would be created in the next 25 months and reported these to registries around the world, so that they can be blocked, preventing future attacks. Today’s action, Microsoft says, […]

Google will start ranking sites by their mobile version in September

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2020
Categories In domains, gear, Google, indexing, Internet, Mobile, mobile first, phone, ranking, search, Tech

[ad_1] The shift has been years in the making, and Google says that 70 percent of sites shown in search results have already embraced mobile-first indexing. Between now and September, it will continue moving sites to mobile-first indexing when its systems recognize that they’re ready. Google started experimenting with a mobile-first index that ranked sites […]