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Internet Roundup: Google Gives Preference to Mobile-Friendly Sites
When you plug a Google search into your smartphone, what rises to the top? The most relevant results? The most helpful answers? Not always. This month, Google started ranking mobile-friendly sites higher in smartphone searches. That could be bad news for local news outlets that aren't technically sophisticated.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readWhen you plug a Google search into your smartphone, what rises to the top? The most relevant results? The most helpful answers? Not always. This month, Google started ranking mobile-friendly sites higher in smartphone searches. That could be bad news for local news outlets that aren't technically sophisticated. We talk about the upsides and downsides, as well as the new "Twitter highlights," and virtual reality headsets in our weekly web roundup.
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Japanese Prime Minister in L.A., Virtual Reality, and Nick Loeb's Op-Ed- 0:00Comfort Women
- 15:39Internet Roundup: Google Gives Preference to Mobile-Friendly SitesYou’re reading this
- 25:15"How to Be Drawn"
- 41:53Sofia Vergara, Nick Loeb, and the New York Times
The full episode
2 of 4Japanese Prime Minister in L.A., Virtual Reality, and Nick Loeb's Op-Ed- 0:00Comfort Women
- 15:39Internet Roundup: Google Gives Preference to Mobile-Friendly SitesYou’re reading this
- 25:15"How to Be Drawn"
- 41:53Sofia Vergara, Nick Loeb, and the New York Times