Best of Google — January 2024

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    Leaked Google Memo Shows Aimless Execs Basically Worshiping AI

    Google's plans for the new year prioritize the development of advanced and responsible AI, despite concerns about the company's commitment to AI and the impact on its core ventures and employees.

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    Measuring Developer Productivity: Real-World Examples

    This post explores how different tech companies measure developer productivity, including Google, LinkedIn, and Peloton. It discusses the use of qualitative and quantitative metrics, the importance of focusing on goals, signals, and metrics, and provides insights into unique metrics used by different companies.

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    Browser alternatives Brave, Arc, add new AI integrations

    Two privacy-focused web browsers, Arc and Brave, have announced new generative AI powered features. Arc has added the Perplexity generative AI search engine as a default browser search bar option, while Brave's AI assistant, Leo, is being upgraded with Mixtral 8x7B, an open source LLM developed by Mistral.

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    How Core Web Vitals affect application SEO: Understanding Google page experience ranking and Lighthouse scores – Vercel

    Understanding how Core Web Vitals impact SEO and search ranking. Google's page experience ranking system evaluates site performance based on Core Web Vitals. Relevancy and content quality are more important factors, but page experience can be a deciding factor in competitive scenarios. Core Web Vitals can be improved through optimization efforts and can enhance user experience and conversion. Google Search Console and Google's PageSpeed Insights provide data on Core Web Vitals. Lighthouse scores do not impact search ranking. Vercel's Speed Insights allows for real-time monitoring and iteration on Core Web Vitals. Optimization guides are available from Google. Improving Core Web Vitals is a transparent ranking factor in Google Search.

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