The Wall Street Journal reported (WP link) that the Department of Justice may open up an antitrust probe against Google again. Let me directly upfront that I know very little about legal issues, little about the DOJ and government politics and law. I know when I watch congressional or senate questioning about a topic I know about, it shows how little our government reps know about the topic.
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google’s John Mueller said that while Google will process your disavow link file immediately, it will take some time for Google to disavow the links within it.
Gary Illyes from Google said that it is “sorta ok” to remove alt attributes from images only when if there is relevant text around the image that helps describe the image. But I wouldn’t remove the alt attribute because Gary then added doing so “might have significant impact on Google Images traffic.”
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On Tuesday, we honored them both with Outstanding Community Service Awards at the 5th annual Search Engine Land Awards.
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