Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Links to AMP content are showing up outside of search resultsFeb 24, 2017 by Barb Palser With several popular distribution apps now linking to Accelerated Mobile Page (AMP) content, columnist Barb […]
Nearly 60 percent used voice because it was faster or easier than typing.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Improve your paid search & social through relationship marketingDec 23, 2016 by Jeff Baum Contributor Jeff Baum explains how you can nurture your prospect through the entire buying journey using search […]
The strategy potentially means that Cortana will show up on many more devices and device types than if it Microsoft had simply copied Echo.
Software approach would make Cortana available from the lock screen and provide other smart-home features.
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.
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.
High expectations made me want it to do more and be more naturally conversational. That will come.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Panda demotes or adjusts your rankings down — it does not devalueOct 14, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Gary Illyes from Google told us Google’s new Penguin 4.0 algorithm devalues spam, […]
She seeks to be a 'companion' that is 'always there but never in the way.'
Having won on desktop and mobile, Google now wants to succeed in an entire new area: hands-free search, especially within homes.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: AdWords Campaign Experiments (aka ACE) to sunset in favor of Drafts & ExperimentsSep 12, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Retirement of the legacy testing tool will begin the week of October 17. […]
We live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world powered by technology that changes by the nanosecond. And search is no different. Search is changing in look, form and function to become part of the fabric of our everyday lives, barely recognizable from its inception as a text box. By 2020, 50 percent of searches will be […]
Voice search growing as virtual assistant market heats up.
Think of it as Google 2.0. Google assistant is Google's search smarts put into anything, no keyboard needed & conversations welcomed.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google bans ads for payday and high-interest loans May 11, 2016 by Ginny Marvin As of July 13, the ads will no longer be accepted in AdWords. A script for getting […]
Users can search for flight, hotel and rental car information -- but not yet book.
Viv hopes to effectively supersede Google as "an intelligent interface to everything."
Microsoft says blocking third-party browsers & search providers improves user experience and is in keeping with how competitors act with their own digital assistants.
Voice assistant offers basic business information via audio, additional details in its mobile app.
Baidu has upgraded its mobile virtual assistant to incorporate voice-enabled local transactions. The virtual assistant, powered by artificial intelligence, is now known as “Duer.” That apparently translates as “Du Secretary.” One translation of the word “du” I saw was “to study, to learn.” Phonetically, it also sounds like the English word “do,” as in to […]