Ex-Googler John Giannandrea takes charge of Siri
Apple has merged Siri and its machine learning groups under Giannandrea’s leadership.
Topic: Google Assistant
Report: Just 3% of CMOs are currently optimizing for voice search
As consumers gravitate to voice search, CMOs are just starting to focus on SEO strategies that support those queries.
Google Home now communicates in Spanish
Say 'Ok Google, ¿cómo será mi día?' and now Google Home can answer.
SearchCap: Google AdWords UI, Bing camera search & Google Assistant continued conversations
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 rolls out updates to give users easier access to privacy controlsJun 21, 2018 by Robin Kurzer Will easier access to privacy controls cause headaches for marketers who rely on activity-related […]
Google turns on ‘Continued Conversation’ in the Google Assistant
Users will be able to ask repeated follow-up questions without the need to say "OK Google."
SearchCap: Google Maps, ads, AMP & search updates
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 asking dissatisfied searchers to submit questions manually in the search resultsMay 9, 2018 by Barry Schwartz If Google doesn’t have content for your query, it may ask you to help […]
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.
How to watch Google I/O 2018 keynotes
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SearchCap: Google political ads, movie tickets & shopping with dynamic remarketing
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 voice-enables movie-ticket buying with FandangoMay 4, 2018 by Greg Sterling Enhanced capability is likely a preview of many similar Google Assistant integrations to come. Google rolls out new ID requirements […]
Google voice-enables movie-ticket buying with Fandango
Enhanced capability is likely a preview of many similar Google Assistant integrations to come.
SearchCap: Google AdWords Editor, Bing Audience Ads & recipe markup changes
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 updates recipe markup for Google Search & Google AssistantMay 3, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google requires that the recipeIngredient and recipeInstructions properties for recipes work on Google Assistant. Compare 16 […]
Google updates recipe markup for Google Search & Google Assistant
Google requires that the recipeIngredient and recipeInstructions properties for recipes work on Google Assistant.
SearchCap: Voice assistant study, SEO audits & PPC budgets
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Surefire tactics to get the most value out of budget-limited campaignsApr 27, 2018 by Amy Bishop Since few people have money to burn, contributor Amy Bishop shares how to get the […]
Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant
While one new study on voice assistants compares the quality of different providers' answers, the other drills into Google's data sources for 22 verticals.
SearchCap: PPC policies, Google Assistant failovers & voice interfaces
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Voice agents and interfaces will require many new marketing strategiesApr 19, 2018 by Barry Levine Marketers are only now getting a glimpse of the many approaches that will be required for […]
Google Assistant sometimes uses AccuWeather when their weather service fails
When Google's first-party responses are not available, Google may ask if you want to use a third-party service.
In big win, Apple hires Google AI chief John Giannandrea away from Google
Apple must succeed in AI if it is to remain competitive with rivals.
April Fools’ Day 2018: Google, Amazon & more have fun over the weekend
April Fools' Day 2018: Google, Amazon & more have fun over the weekend
Google Shopping Actions: The new cost-per-sale, unified shopping program on Search, Assistant & Express
In its answer to Amazon, Google's new umbrella program will extend existing relationships with retailers and enable universal checkout across platforms and devices.
Once a competitive advantage, Siri now seen as liability for Apple
Failure to improve Siri will eventually impact iPhone sales.
SearchCap: Google Images with captions, AdWords notes & AdWords message reports
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 Images update: Captions added to images, pulled from the page title tagMar 13, 2018 by Michelle Robbins To add more context to image results, Google will now display a caption […]
Study: 11 voice search ranking factors analyzed
Some of the findings confirm and some upend conventional wisdom.
SearchCap: Google Assistant updates, search referral growth & marketing efforts
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 Assistant to get multiple new languages, distribution and skillsFeb 23, 2018 by Greg Sterling The Assistant will soon speak 30 languages and be able to offer mobile carrier customer support. […]
Google Assistant to get multiple new languages, distribution and skills
The Assistant will soon speak 30 languages and be able to offer mobile carrier customer support.
SearchCap: New Google Assistant features, improving ROAS & Carter G. Woodson Google doodle
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 Assistant adds new media capabilities ahead of HomePod release Feb 1, 2018 by Greg Sterling You can now wake up to a favorite playlist and use voice to pick up […]
Google Assistant adds new media capabilities ahead of HomePod release
You can now wake up to a favorite playlist and use voice to pick up where you left off with Netflix shows.
Google publishes comprehensive guide to featured snippets
Learn more about how Google’s featured work, the variations and some of the challenges Google faces with these snippets.
Apple says HomePod is finally coming on February 9, but can it compete?
Apple also said that Siri is now used on more than 500 million devices.
SearchCap: Google Home queries, Google My Business video bug & YouTube ad rules
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: 80% of Google Home results come from snippetsJan 18, 2018 by Greg Sterling But they aren’t always the source of answers for Google Home. Turn finger traffic to foot trafficJan […]
Survey: Smart speaker ownership steals time from smartphones, TV, radio
The study suggests there are about 40 million devices in US homes today.
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.
New search quality raters guidelines for Google Assistant and voice search evaluations
Google has quality raters specifically for voice search-related search results. These raters look for information satisfaction, length, formulation and elocution.
SearchCap: Google webmaster videos, new mobile search experiments & Assistant SDK updates
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 tests ‘more results’ mobile search interface and new search refinement buttonsDec 21, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google told us, “We constantly experiment with new search formats and experiences to deliver […]
The Google Assistant SDK adds support for additional languages & more
In addition to new language support, Google has added customized settings, text-based queries & responses, device action functionality and more.
PPC 2017: Epic review of the biggest trends & updates in paid search
This year, artificial intelligence and machine learning underpinned nearly every paid search update.
SearchCap: Top Google searches, more data in Search Console & Google Assistant expands
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 […]
Google bringing the Assistant to tablets and Lollipop Android phones
The move comes against the backdrop of accelerating virtual assistant usage and intensifying competition.
Google Lens an impressive start for ‘visual search’
While it makes lots of mistakes, it also gets lots of things right.
Google Santa Tracker is live, counting down the days until Christmas with holiday games & resources
This year's Google Santa Tracker comes with coding games, an elf filter in the Android app and daily updates delivered via an Advent-styled calendar.