Amazon launches Alexa+ Agentic Ads
Amazon's new Alexa+ Agentic Ads let consumers complete purchases directly within a conversation.
Topic: Amazon Echo Show
Voice assistant study: Microsoft’s Cortana offers most answers, Google Assistant proves most accurate
Perficient Digital ran 5,000 queries on seven devices including Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant (Home, smartphones) and Siri.
Smart speakers set to eclipse tablets globally by 2021
Commerce, advertising or something else: The smart speaker model hasn't been figured out.
SearchCap: Moz with STAT & marketing automation
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Open Marketing Cloud: Mautic’s flexible, budget-friendly marketing automation platformOct 10, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot Are you unhappy with your experience or results using one of the legacy marketing automation […]
Lenovo debuts Smart Displays featuring Google Assistant
Combining a tablet-like display with a high-quality speaker, the Lenovo Smart Display incorporates Google Assistant into an interactive screen for a richer visual experience.
Yext integrates local business listings directly into Amazon Alexa
Name, address, phone and hours, with more to come.
Google Assistant takes center stage at I/O, search takes a back seat
Search only mentioned twice in a nearly two-hour keynote that saw a long list of announcements.
It’s Google Home vs. Amazon Alexa at CES in the battle for the voice ecosystem
Google and Amazon both announce new device partnerships; the Google Assistant will be on new "smart display" devices, more TVs, speakers and in cars.
Google says Assistant now on more than 400 million devices
Sales of Google Home smart speakers are considerably smaller.
Report: Amazon in discussions with consumer brands about ads on Alexa [company denies it]
CNBC report says product promotions on Alexa are already being tested.
Google Assistant now offering a wide range of games for kids and families
Fun is a competitive battleground in the smart speaker race.
SearchCap: Bing Ads tracking, Google Home screen & Google Fred
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’s ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo Show Sep 29, 2017 by Greg Sterling Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo’s shadow? Targeting featured snippet and […]
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.
SearchCap: Happy birthday Google, EU Google Shopping changes & SEO tips
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: CSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search resultsSep 27, 2017 by Ginny Marvin To provide “equal treatment” in the ad auction, Google Shopping will operate as a separate […]
Report: Google to debut ‘Home Mini’ smart speaker for $49 on October 4
The device is Google's answer to the low-cost Amazon Echo Dot.
SearchCap: Google Search Console beta, Amazon Echo Show & link building mistakes
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 beta testing brand-new Google Search Console designJul 17, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Check out these screen shots of the new Google Search Console user interface. Google Search Console may have […]
Amazon’s Echo Show is a ‘1.0’ device, both exciting and frustrating
The new device hasn't yet found the right balance between voice and screen.
Report: 43% of millennials have made a voice-device purchase in past year
Also, Kayak introduces ability to book a hotel room through Alexa devices.
SearchCap: EU fine, Google algorithm changes & local features
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EU slaps Google with $2.7B antitrust fine for favoring its own content in search resultsJun 27, 2017 by Greg Sterling The fine is much larger than expected and sets a worrying […]
SearchCap: Bing Ads standard text ads, canonical tags & relevancy
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Relevance vs. authority: Which link has more value? (Part 2)May 11, 2017 by Andrew Dennis In part two of his three-part series on authority versus relevance in link building, columnist Andrew […]
SearchCap: Google ranking study, mobile image search features & link authority
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Study: Top-ranking page in Google ranks for a thousand other queries, tooMay 9, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Should you optimize a single page for one keyword phrase? This study might say […]