Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O 2018 Conference at Shoreline Amphitheater on May 8, 2018, in Mountain View, Calif. Google's two day developer conference runs through May 9, 2018. SAN FRANCISCO -- Rebuked by lawmakers and slammed by President Trump, Google is on the political hot seat -- and its CEO is headed to Capitol Hill to make peace. Earlier this month, Sundar Pichai didn't show up to a congressional hearing on state-sponsored election interference; top execs from Facebook and Twitter did. In a public scolding, the Senate Intelligence Committee left an open chair to spotlight Pichai's absence.

Every business I know of wants to increase sales and make more money. In today's technical and online environment, the only way to be successful is to have a steady flow of traffic to your website. Because Google is a major source of traffic, ranking high in the search results is critical. You need to set up your website correctly to bring in qualified leads that can then be converted into paying customers. If you rank better in organic search, then you should get more website traffic from search engines. But when your website experiences a significant drop in organic search rankings, you will lose traffic, business, and revenue.

A former employee of Google has warned of the web giant's'disturbing' plans for a search engine in China which could help Beijing monitor its citizens online. Jack Poulson wrote in a letter to the US Senate's commerce committee that the proposed Dragonfly website was'tailored to the censorship and surveillance demands of the Chinese government'. In his letter he also claimed that discussion of the plans among Google employees had been'increasingly stifled'. Mr Poulson was a senior research scientist at Google until he resigned last month in protest at the Dragonfly proposals. A former employee of Google has warned of the web giant's'disturbing' plans for a search engine in China which could help Beijing monitor its citizens online While China is home to the world's largest number of internet users, a 2015 report by US think tank Freedom House found that the country had the most restrictive online use policies of 65 nations it studied, ranking below Iran and Syria.

The tech giant is celebrating its 20th birthday with a new Google Doodle marking the special occasion. The multi-billion dollar technology titan has certainly come a long way from its humble beginnings in the dorm rooms of Stanford University just two decades ago. Here's a look at the history of Google and what a Google Doodle is. Google's newest Doodle marks the company's milestone 20th birthday in September 2018 Google's history dates back to 1995 at Stanford University in Stanford, California after prospective graduate school student Larry Page met Sergey Brin, a student at the college assigned to show him around. After becoming friends, both Page and Brin developed a search engine from their dorm rooms known as Backrub in 1996 designed to improve online search by using links to determine the importance of website pages.

Search giant Google is celebrating its own 20th birthday today with a trademark Doodle. Replacing its logo with an occasional animation paying tribute to eminent figures from the worlds of science, the arts and history on their anniversaries is just one of the ways in which the site's programmers can express themselves. Their quirky sense of humour is actually embedded within the software's DNA. If you tell Google to "do a barrel roll", the whole page will spin clockwise at 90 degrees before juddering to a stop. If you search for "the answer to life the universe and everything", you'll be presented with Google's calculator displaying the number 42, an in-joke alluding to Douglas Adams' cult science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978).

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was the first show on American television to use the word "Google" as a transitive verb. It was 2002, in the fourth episode of the show's seventh and final season. Buffy, Willow, Xander and the gang are trying to help Cassie, a high school student who cryptically says she's going to die next week. In Buffy's dining room, they search through hard copies of Cassie's medical records and find nothing noteworthy. Willow, tapping away on a thick white iBook, turns to Buffy and asks, "Have you Googled her yet?"

Google's secret prototype search engine for China reportedly links users' mobile phone numbers to what search terms they've used. This feature would allow the Chinese government to simply associate searches with individuals, thereby putting Chinese citizens at increased risk of government repression if they search for topics that their government deems politically sensitive, according to the Intercept. The mobile-focused search engine prototype, code-named Dragonfly, was first revealed last month by the Intercept. Dragonfly is said to have been conceptualized as a joint venture between Google and a Chinese-based company. Both would have the ability to update a list of verboten search words, which could include expected subjects like "human rights" and "student protest" but could also extend to search terms such as "Nobel Prize", according to the Intercept's story.

Search is an inextricable and important aspect which is even more relevant in business content management systems when it comes to the making and adaption of digital content. The relevance of search is nothing new especially considering that getting a suitable application for any business procedures. Interestingly, the need for search continues to heighten particularly with the growing application of big data. It is safe to conclude that business data holds the riches of a business and search is the instrument that unleashes the riches. However, the question remains that what is an effective way to handle the continuously big data that businesses possess?

With over 500 million active monthly users, Instagram is a gold mine of potential customers. Can you believe the app has only been around since 2010? In less than seven years, it's become one of the world's most used apps. I daresay Instagram even changed the way people use their phone in their daily lives. The biggest reason to use Instagram for business?

If you do digital marketing for a small business, Facebook can be a great way to drive business to your store. Hopefully, you have a website to virtually display your business, but social media can be a great addition to showing people what you sell or what solution you solve for. Facebook should definitely be one area you focus on. It doesn't take a huge investment on your part. Here are five ways to promote your local business on Facebook.