In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Rosie the Riveter Android figurine: Source: Twitter Google director chair: Source: Instagram Wolf serving drinks at […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Two weeks until SMX Advanced. Lock in your ticket now!May 29, 2018 by Search Engine Land Equip yourself with the actionable tactics you need to deliver superior search marketing results. Attend […]
New Google Maps interface on Android shows category selections based on where you're viewing the map.
Complaint to European Commission applies the logic of the Shopping Search case to local search.
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 new and AI-improved Google News now available for iPhone and iPadMay 15, 2018 by Greg Sterling Google News redesign in more than 120 countries on the web, Android and iOS. […]
Google News redesign in more than 120 countries on the web, Android and iOS.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: IAB: Search, the largest category of digital ad spending, generated $40.6B in 2017May 10, 2018 by Greg Sterling Mobile was responsible for 54 percent of paid-search ad revenue last year. Ask […]
Better text recognition, lookalike search and real-time functionality are upgrades.
Want to see how the new AMP URLs work in search? Google demoed showing the publisher's URL over the Google AMP cache URL.
Google says 94 billion apps were downloaded from Google Play last year.
Google Maps has announced a whole set of new features at Google I/O around their mapping product.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Look Ma, no keywords! Phrase-free AdWords campaigns are hereApr 26, 2018 by Andy Taylor Contributor Andy Taylor discusses Google’s new Local Search Ads Experiment in AdWords, which uses address and location […]
After confirming it was testing the 'More results' button earlier this week, Google tweeted an official announcement about its launch today.
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 patent on related entities and what it means for SEO Apr 5, 2018 by Dave Davies Contributor Dave Davies pulls key points from a newly awarded Google patent on related […]
April Fools' Day 2018: Google, Amazon & more have fun over the weekend
More of a bargaining position, it's extremely unlikely to actually happen.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Spring Equinox Google doodle introduces Quinn, an animated flower fairy & musicianMar 20, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues Designed by Google doodler Sophie Diao, the image leads to a search for Spring […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Stop! Think twice before using nofollow attributes on your websiteMar 16, 2018 by Patrick Stox Using page-level nofollow attributes? Just stop, says Contributor Patrick Stox. Instead, use nofollow on specific links […]
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Print your face or photo on a latte at Google: Source: Instagram The book tree at […]
To add more context to image results, Google will now display a caption with images in mobile Images search results.
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 working to integrate AMP benefits into future open web standardsMar 8, 2018 by Michelle Robbins Standardization will allow sites to implement, and benefit from, AMP features without adopting the framework. […]
This indirect rollout of visual search is intriguing but awkward.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Conductor will help WeWork offer ‘holistic’ proposition to enterprise customers Mar 6, 2018 by Greg Sterling It will now be able to manage customers’ physical and digital presence. Optimize your search, […]
Google says Gboard for Android now covers 74% of the world's population.
The Assistant will soon speak 30 languages and be able to offer mobile carrier customer support.
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 to move more sites to mobile-first index in coming weeksFeb 21, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google plans to roll more sites into the mobile-first index in the near future. Are […]
Reports indicate the latest refresh for the Google-designed keyboard comes with a new interface that allows users to search all categories.
Google adds a new tab to the local panel in the search results named "directory."
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 Image Search removes View Image button and Search by Image featureFeb 15, 2018 by Barry Schwartz After making a deal with Getty Images, Google has revamped some of their image […]
A year after bringing real-time information within Google Maps for Android, Google has now released it for iOS devices.
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, Getty Images enter a multi-year global licensing partnershipFeb 12, 2018 by Greg Sterling The deal effectively ends Getty’s European antitrust complaint against Google. Monitoring web migrations: A checklist for moving […]
After years of pushing for 'secure by default' web sites, Google will identify insecure sites in the Chrome browser beginning mid-Summer.
Aiming to make travel planning easier on a mobile device, Google is rolling out new tabs that let users switch between hotel, flight and trip details.
You can now wake up to a favorite playlist and use voice to pick up where you left off with Netflix shows.
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 Bulletin: Hyperlocal news, Nextdoor competitor or both?Jan 26, 2018 by Greg Sterling Google has already proven it can crowdsource local content at scale through its Local Guides program. Survey: People […]
Texting is the most common use case for voice, and men use voice search more than women, according to new data from Stone Temple Consulting.
Sales of Google Home smart speakers are considerably smaller.
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. A very floppy Google sofa bench: Source: Instagram Google’s bathroom signs: Source: Instagram A rusty Android […]
The two sites will be tracking Santa's whereabouts for the next 24 hours.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Hurricane Irma was the No. 1 top trending Google search in the US & globally for 2017Dec 13, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Google has released its top trending searches of the […]