Google admits it tracked user location data even when the setting was turned off
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/21/16684818/google-location-tracking-cell-tower-data-android-os-firebase-privacy
By now, this is not breaking news but it's worth highlighting just how much Big G has shifted away from its early corporate mantra.
AND
Google algorithm can not identify which is misinformation and which is truth.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/21/alphabets-eric-schmidt-why-google-can-have-trouble-ranking-truth.html
...and having Googleguy questioning Google and Danny Sullivan answering made my day:
https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/status/933071521077018624
I put GG in the title to call Danny or Matt out on this, hhh.
Quote@mattcutts
it's all fun and games until I have to start writing columns for Search Engine Land.
Ain't that the truth. I'd rather have NFFC's proverbial needle in my eye.