ZDNet

Google clears up AMP’s confusing URLs by hiding google.com

AMP aims to allow websites to load faster by fetching pages from Google's cache but had a drawback, as each URL for AMP pages began with https://google.com/amp. The ...
9to5google

Accelerated Mobile Pages can now display actual website URLs

Since launching three years ago, Accelerated Mobile Pages adoption has flourished across the web and on mobile. Google announced at AMP Conf 2019 today that it is addressing AMP’s biggest complaint by ...
Android

Google To Remove "google.com/amp" from AMP URLs

Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages project relies on precaching pages in Google’s own servers before sending them to users’ devices, and Google has announced that it will soon be rolling out a ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Payment Privacy Settings Hidden Behind Special URL

Update 5/15/19 11:35 PM EST: Google has told us that this issue has been fixed and BleepingComputer has confirmed that the privacy settings now appear on the normal Settings page. Update 5/15/19 1:07 ...
9to5google

Googler suggests a new way for Chrome to display URLs to combat phishing

One of the key controls found on every web browser is the address bar, where you can view the current page’s URL, edit it, or enter a new one. A Googler has proposed a potential new way for Google ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google To Show Publishers URLs With Google's AMP Cache Later This Year

In fact, Google has tried multiple solutions or hacks to get publishers URLs in the search results including a way to show the publisher URL and share that URL over the AMP cache URL on Google's ...
Search Engine Land

Demoed at Google I/O: AMP cache URLs showing publisher’s URL instead of Google AMP URL

In January, Google announced a solution for the AMP cache URL problem where Google would show and allow you to share the Google AMP URL instead of the publisher’s URL. Google at I/O demonstrated an ...
The Verge

Google takes a tiny step toward fixing AMP’s URL problem

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. When you click a link on your phone with a little lightning bolt next to it in Google search, you’re ...
Ars Technica

Google is messing with the address bar again—new experiment hides URL path

It looks like Google is trying to mess with the URL bar again. As spotted by Android Police, new flags in the developer versions of the popular browser now want to hide the URL path. So for an article ...
Search Engine Land

Google News adds new referral URL source that publishers should begin tracking

Google has quietly announced in its Google News forum that they have added a new URL referrer source that news publishers should begin tracking to get a “comprehensive view of traffic from Google News ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google: URL Length Is Not A Ranking Factor

Google's John Mueller had to say on Twitter that "URL length is not a ranking fraction." He was told that a CMS autogenerates URLs that are often longer than what is recommended for SEO. Now, what is ...