Former Google search chief Amit Singhal joins Uber
Singhal will become a senior vice president of engineering, overseeing Uber's Maps & Marketplace departments.
Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land and MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
Singhal will become a senior vice president of engineering, overseeing Uber's Maps & Marketplace departments.
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Initial fix merely bumped denial site down, then failed to work consistently. Now the denial site is gone from first page of results.
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Change will be to the header in AMP content, expected in early 2017.
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Criticized for listing a Holocaust-denial site first, Google's results are finally changing -- but probably due to external factors.
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Facing criticism over "fake news," inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking for long-term and comprehensive solutions.
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Cortana will be baked into a new smart speaker from Harman Kardon to be released next year, potentially the first of many Cortana-powered devices.
Danny Sullivan | Dec 13, 2016 at 7:23 pm ETContent
What's in a name? When it comes to AMP, a URL that's not the publisher's may not smell as sweet.
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Danny Sullivan | Nov 22, 2016 at 12:53 pm ETAmazon
If you've always wanted someone around the house to answer all the questions you have during the course of your day, that someone is a something -- Google Home.
Danny Sullivan | Nov 3, 2016 at 9:00 am ETAmazon
It turns out Google's new hands-free voice-based assistant has a way to let users click to the answers it gets from publishers. That's via the companion app.
Danny Sullivan | Nov 3, 2016 at 9:00 am ETAmazon Advertising
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Danny Sullivan | Nov 1, 2016 at 2:59 pm ETAmazon
Want to know about California’s Proposition 63, a measure to control gun ammunition sales and large magazines, which is on the state ballot this month? Google has the answer. It’s a “deceptive ballot initiative that will criminalize millions of law-abiding Californians.” So much for balanced search results. Google presents that answer at the very top of its […]
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Having won on desktop and mobile, Google now wants to succeed in an entire new area: hands-free search, especially within homes.
Danny Sullivan | Oct 4, 2016 at 1:16 pm ETApple
Google search could be on the iOS Search screen with a widget, if it wanted. Why isn't it offering that option to its users?
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Somewhat similar to Apple's Spotlight, the new feature allows you to search your Android phone for content, as opposed to the web.
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Danny Sullivan | Aug 12, 2016 at 3:15 pm ETSEO
Google's using a machine learning technology called RankBrain to help deliver its search results. Here's what's we know about it.
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