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Fanny Blankers-Koen Google doodle honors Olympic runner who broke records & shattered stereotypes
The Dutch-born Olympian earned the nickname 'The Flying Housewife' after becoming the first woman to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
Earth Day Google doodle delivers hopeful message from Dr. Jane Goodall
'Every single individual matters, every single individual makes some impact on the planet every single day,' says the renowned ethologist and conservationist.
Bing Shopping ads updates include multiple images, product status reporting & more
Multiple images will start appearing in Bing Product Ads by the end of April for advertisers that have added the image URLs to their feeds.
Omar Sharif Google doodle honors actor from classics like ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ & ‘Doctor Zhivago’
The artwork for today's doodle was created by doodler Sophie Diao.
Google tests showing two Shopping ad carousels on mobile
The test features Google's Showcase Shopping ads and traditional product listing ads on one result.
María Félix Google doodle celebrates iconic actress from Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Félix's breakout role came in the 1942 film,'El Peñón de las Ánimas.'
Maya Angelou Google doodle features Oprah Winfrey, Laverne Cox & others reciting her poem, ‘Still I Rise’
Today would have been Dr. Angelou's 90th birthday.
John Harrison Google doodle honors man who invented marine chronometer 283 years ago
The self-taught clockmaker invented a device that helped sailors gauge their latitude and longitude at sea.
Google honors Hannah Glasse, first popular cookbook writer, with a Google doodle
The 18th century writer of 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy' is featured with a special Google logo.
All About the GDPR
While deregulation has been a stateside trend over the past decade, the 28 members of the European Union are gearing up for a massive increase in regulations around data privacy in the form of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — and this regulation will make a splash across the pond as well. Briefly, virtually […]
Spring Equinox Google doodle introduces Quinn, an animated flower fairy & musician
Designed by Google doodler Sophie Diao, the image leads to a search for Spring Equinox.
Pi Day Google doodle marks 30th anniversary of March 14 holiday honoring mathematical constant 3.14
Google recruited Dominique Ansel, the pastry chef behind the Cronut, to bake a salted caramel apple pie in honor of the math-inspired holiday.
In response to EU antitrust ruling, Google Shopping now shows ads from competing shopping engines
Comparison Shopping Engines are competing with Google for visibility in Google Shopping in the EU.
Winter Olympics Day 17 Google doodle marks the end of the 2018 games
Google has posted a new doodle every day for its Winter Olympics series.
Three ways retailers can deliver meaningful 1:1 shopping experiences amidst the retail apocalypse through AI marketing
If you were paying attention, 2017 might have seemed like the year that industry pundits’ predictions about the death of retail finally came to fruition. The traditional Main Street took some major blows last year. Shopping mall mainstays like Wet Seal, Payless ShoeSource, BCBG Max Azria and Gymboree were among the casualties. Even behemoths like […]
Winter Olympics Google doodle for day 8 of the games marks the Lunar New Year
Google's Winter Olympics doodle series will include 17 doodles, with a new animated image for each day of competition.
Winter Olympics Google doodle gets Valentine’s Day treatment with two dancing grebes
On day six of its Winter Olympics series, the doodle team designed a pair of figure-skating grebes that make heart-shaped patterns across a frozen pond.
Winter Games doodle kicks off Google’s Doodle Snow Games
Today's doodle is the first doodle of a 17-day series celebrating the Winter Olympics.
Insights from our 2017 holiday retail survey
Retail marketers weighed in on what they did differently this holiday season.
Wilder Penfield Google doodle spotlights neurosurgeon once considered the ‘Greatest Living Canadian’
Penfield's research in brain mapping led to groundbreaking advancements in the treatment of epilepsy.
Virginia Woolf Google doodle honors iconic author of classics ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ & ‘A Room of One’s Own’
Today's doodle was created by the London-based artist Louise Pomeroy.
Google dropping Merchant Center feed integrations with BigCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop
Google's direct upload support to end March 20, 2018.
The 7 biggest trends driving customer loyalty
According to 3Cinteractive, 64 percent of brands reported an increase in loyalty program membership over the last year. Loyalty programs are becoming more sophisticated, moving beyond the traditional spend-and-get model, to omnichannel and multichannel programs that recognize customers for every interaction they make with a brand. Smart marketers are capturing and leveraging loyalty data to […]
Sergei Eisenstein Google doodle honors Soviet film director known as the ‘Father of Montage’
Eisenstein's technique of editing film to create fast-paced sequences made him a cinema legend.
It’s 2018. Are your Google Shopping campaigns ready?
What a year 2017 was for Google Shopping, right? The real question is, though: How did your campaigns fare? Stellar? Decent? Mediocre? Regardless, the simple fact remains that it is now 2018 — a new year, which means renewed opportunities to do better (even if you think 2017 was your best). Undoubtedly, however, you are […]
Katy Jurado Google doodle marks 94th birthday of film star from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, Jurado won a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for her role in the 1952 Hollywood classic "High Noon."
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2018 Google doodle honors Dr. King & his dream for a better world
The image was designed by guest artist Cannaday Chapman and created in collaboration with the Black Googlers Network.
Zhou Youguang Google doodle honors Chinese linguist known as the ‘Father of Pinyin’
Youguang's work helped bridge multiple Chinese dialects into a written language.
Har Gobind Khorana Google doodle celebrates first chemist to construct a synthetic gene
Born in Raipur, Pakistan, Dr. Khorana received the Nobel Prize while doing research at the University of Wisconsin in 1968.
New Year’s Day 2018 Google doodle brings in the new year with a bright sunrise
The illustrated image includes the penguins featured in all of Google's holiday doodle series back home on a snow-filled landscape.
New Year’s Eve 2017 Google doodle brings back penguins for the holiday doodle series
Today's New Year's Eve image is the third entry in the series.
Marlene Dietrich Google doodle honors the legendary actress’s career
Actress, humanitarian, star and icon gets a Google logo on what would have been her 116th birthday.
December global festivities Google doodle marks day 2 of Google’s holiday doodle series
Today's doodle shows Google's animated penguins celebrating the holidays with their warm weather friends.
Google & NORAD Santa Trackers show St. Nick already in flight for his 2017 trip around the world
The two sites will be tracking Santa's whereabouts for the next 24 hours.
Take our Holiday Retail Survey & let us know how your search marketing strategy changed this year
Survey results will be shared during the "Holiday Retail Search Strategies" webcast on January 18.
Winter solstice 2017 Google doodle marks the shortest day of the year & official start of winter
Google has brought back its animated mouse to finish out the 2017 solstice and equinox doodle series.
December global festivities Google doodle kicks off series of holiday doodles
Today's doodle is the first in a series of doodles Google will post over the next two weeks leading up to Christmas and New Year's Day.
How on-site search can drive holiday revenue & help e-commerce sites compete against major retailers
According to SLI Systems, people who use on-site search are more likely to make a purchase than visitors who only browse a website.
Hurricane Irma was the No. 1 top trending Google search in the US & globally for 2017
Google has released its top trending searches of the year, covering everything from the most searched people and news to celebrity break-ups.
Max Born Google doodle marks 135th birthday of man behind the Born Rule in quantum theory
Born was awarded the Nobel Prize in quantum mechanics for his theory, which serves as the foundation for nearly all quantum physics predictions.