AMP up your call conversions: 5 things you need to know
In Google’s world, site speed matters. And the search giant is pushing hard on AMP, its open source initiative to improve web page speed and...
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Echo and Home will probably have to tell you they’re always listening — in Europe
As smart speakers proliferate around the world, some governments will require strong privacy disclosures and consent to recording....
Pick up the phone: Your best customer is on the line.
Marketers cannot ignore offline channels. Customers no longer see a difference between digital and physical. In fact, in this age of digital...
Google releases a variety of Accelerated Mobile Pages Project (AMP) updates: scrolling animations, video analytics, fluid ad support
The scope and feature list of the open-source project continue to expand....
Tracking the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project
AMP isn’t quite a household acronym yet, but it has big implications for virtually everyone with web access. The Accelerated Mobile Pages...
Google’s ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo Show
Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo's shadow?...
Amazon just upped the ante in the battle of the virtual assistants
Smart speakers are the 'gateway drug' to smart home adoption....
Apple switches back to Google search results for iOS & Mac
After serving Bing web search results in iOS and Mac for a few years, Apple has just switched the results back to Google, its original search...
How the Russian search market looks now
Contributor Brendan McGonigle examines shifts in the Russian search market resulting from Google's recent move to come into compliance with...
Google iOS app now makes related content suggestions
An expandable carousel at the bottom of the page will show related stories and content pages....
AMP links at large: What’s a publisher to do?
If you're a publisher that's implemented Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), you've likely seen views on those pages coming from some unexpected...
The rise of personal assistants
How will personal assistants change the game for users and marketers? And what can marketers do to adapt to this new paradigm? Columnist Eric...
Google adds trending searches and instant answers to iOS app
Google adds previously introduced Android search capabilities to iOS app. ...
Alexa and Cortana will soon work together, allowing each to access the other
You'll soon be able to ask Alexa to "open Cortana" and vice versa....
Google Assistant coming to more speakers and home appliances from LG
“Ok Google, start vacuuming.”...
Google Home partnership with Condé Nast’s Vogue offers new model for publishers
It points the way toward a new form of "interactive audio" with provocative branding, content and commerce possibilities....
Google Maps Android app adds ‘find parking’ feature to show you nearest parking garage
Starting today, Google Maps users can tap the “find parking” button on the Android app to see a list of parking garages and lots in 25 US...
Take the Search Engine Land AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) survey
Take our brief survey and tell us about how you/your clients are approaching adoption of Google's mobile...
Augmented Reality: Where are we now, and what does it mean for marketers?
With big players like Facebook and Apple committing to the technology, contributor Brian Smith argues that AR is becoming more than just a...
Proof that no ranking boost for responsive sites exists in 2017
There are many good reasons to recommend responsive design to a client or to your company, but achieving better search results isn't among them,...
