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Google’s Core Web Vitals have been a ranking signal since 2021 when Google introduced three metrics to measure the quality of user experiences on a website. Real user monitoring data can tell you how well you do on Core Web Vitals and what you can do to improve them. This applies especially to the new Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric that becomes one of the Core Web Vitals on March 12, 2024. What’s the difference between lab data and real user data? When measuring web performance, we can look at either…

Google is unleashing multiple measures aimed at improving the quality of its search results beginning today. Google is releasing the March 2024 core update and a number of spam updates (aka March 2024 spam update). Also, Google’s helpful content system has been incorporated into its overall core ranking system. In addition, Google announced several new and updated spam policies that it will begin enforcing through automated algorithms and manual actions.March 2024 core update – bigger than before Today,…

The first time I ventured out into the vast open land of Dragon's Dogma 2, I was accompanied by my three companions as we followed a lead on a missing young boy, suspected to have been dragged off by a pack of wolves. As I pursued the trail, my crew and I fought off a gang of thieves, sliced our way through banshees, discovered treasure, and battled a giant troll on the edge of a cliff that eventually fell to its death. None of these occurrences were at all related to one another, nor did they pertain to…

If you’ve noticed more iffy links creeping into your Google results, you’re not alone. Even Google says it’s keenly aware that it could do a better job of deflecting widely-used tactics for gaming its search engine. And it just announced several changes it’s making to push substandard pages down in results or eliminate them altogether.Known as the March 2024 Core Update, this round of fixes builds on algorithmic tweaks the company began implementing in 2022 to prevent questionable sites from competing with the useful ones…

Jacob Roach / DigitalTrends If you want a powerful processor, you can get a lot for your money at around the $400 mark. Both AMD and Intel have stellar options that offer high performance in gaming and productivity, and that even compete with the very best of the best that cost hundreds of dollars more. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Core i7-14700K have lots of cores, super-high clock speeds, and boatloads of cache. Here’s how they stack up in a classic head-to-head comparison of the best CPUs under $400. Pricing and…

Amazon is offering big discounts on six popular Intel processors, some of which are seeing price cuts of up to $150. Many of these new prices are about as good as the ones we saw during Black Friday 2023, making this a great opportunity to save a few bucks while snagging a powerful new processor.One of the most exciting deals is for the Intel Core i7-12700KF, which is just $210 (down from $272). That's one of the lowest prices we've seen for the processor in months. Featuring eight performance cores and…

Food and grocery delivery major Swiggy has changed its registered name from Bundl Technologies Pvt Ltd to Swiggy Pvt Ltd through a special resolution passed by the shareholders of the company.“The change in the name of the company will help establish greater proximity and identification of the company’s corporate name with the company’s core brand, ‘Swiggy’,” the food delivery platform said in the resolution, as per regulatory filings made with the Registrar of Companies (RoC).Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value…

Lenovo announced several new business laptops and hybrids at this year’s MWC conference, including refreshes in the ThinkPad T-series and the ThinkBook line. The company’s calling them “AI PCs” because they all feature a dedicated Microsoft Copilot button that offers immediate access to the digital assistant.The just-announced models include the ThinkPad T14 Gen 5, ThinkPad T16 Gen 3, ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 and ThinkBook 14 2-in-1 Gen 4. These computers are powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra processors, which…

NASA has completed the major structures of the SLS rocket’s core stage for the Artemis III mission, including the liquid oxygen tank, advancing its goal of lunar exploration. Credit: NASANASA’s Artemis III mission progresses with the completion of the SLS rocket’s core stage structures, setting the stage for future lunar exploration and deep space missions, including sending the first woman and person of color to the Moon.As NASA works to develop all the systems needed to return astronauts to the Moon under its Artemis…

Honor just unveiled its most powerful laptop to date. The MagicBook Pro 16 packs an Intel Core Ultra 7 155G processor, an 8-gig NVIDIA RTX 4060 GPU, 1 TB of storage, and 32 GB of RAM. The metal body laptop comes in a cool rainbow-like white color that Honor says uses 3D Coloring Spray Technology to achieve the effect. The MagicBook Pro 16 has a full-sized keyboard with a Numpad at the right side. Below is a massive glass trackpad, and flanking the keyboard are two speaker grilles. The laptop has a total of six…