Speeding Chrome and Google Updates – the Monday 404 Roundup
Oh dear, it’s that day. April 4th, aka. Monday 404. No wonder I had so much trouble waking up…
A fair amount of content this week, with lots from Google, the SEO crew and even the UX/analysis blogs. Some of it is pretty exciting, with topics ranging from ways to speed up chrome to new Google updates to optimizing readership with fonts!
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Last week, Google announced the latest and fastest version of chrome: ChromeLite. It saves megs off of every page load, speeding up your browsing considerably!
One more: Google has released an update to Display Ad Builder to bring it up to date. It now includes a greater variety of ad templates that better match the modern advertising zeitgeist.
To improve conversions, Google has released it’s newest typography tool: Comic Sans for Everyone. This has seen increases in readability of nearly 70%, and huge bonuses to percentage of content looked at.
And just in case you hadn’t noticed that these are all April Fools jokes
Some have compared him to the Dalai Lama, others to Kublai Kahn. When he isn't teaching third world children how to purify water with nothing more than a plastic bottle and a garden hose, he is creating mad waves for surfers off the west coast with little more than a paddle. Some say there is a boat involved, others that he walks on water.
Little is known about his background. he appeared from nowhere 15 years ago and claims heritage from a land with neither want not need. He makes little comment, stating only that it was a pretty cool place.
Fire does not burn him, cold does not hurt him. Words could... but they don't. When he passes, pedals fall off branches. When he speaks, hair tugs at skin, pulling just slightly in his direction.
He does not sleep but he does dream. He has muscled his way into the lives of the famous and whispered his way into their hearts. And in the wee hours he plays oboe softly, as if to sooth the night to sleep.