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 officially increases length of snippets in search resultsDec 1, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Company says change is meant to provide more descriptive snippets. Merkle: Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales from […]
The company taps HomeAdvisor and Porch to provide local contractors through a multistep voice-driven interaction.
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 AdWords promotion extensions, custom intent audiences & ad variations for testingNov 16, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The new features are all available in the new AdWords interface. The […]
It also enables users to start a task on Google Home and complete it on a smartphone.
Changes designed to make it easier to find relevant content and destinations.
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 announces new online-to-offline features on the cusp of the holiday shopping seasonOct 24, 2017 by Ginny Marvin The announcements are aimed at giving brick-and-mortar retailers greater visibility on Google search […]
Fun is a competitive battleground in the smart speaker race.
The announcements are aimed at giving brick-and-mortar retailers greater visibility on Google search properties.
Retailer joins Walmart in climbing aboard the Google Express.
Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo's shadow?
Part two of NPR Smart Audio report exposes the 'v-commerce' potential of virtual assistant devices.
The device is Google's answer to the low-cost Amazon Echo Dot.
The move appears to be an attempt to broaden the device's utility and better compete with Google's search capabilities.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on and from other places across the web.
“Ok Google, start vacuuming.”
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on and from other places across the web.
Google is also making its Express delivery service free with purchase minimums.
One day relatively soon, home assistants could be generating large volumes of calls to (local) businesses.
It's Cortana you'll get when you long-press on the home button.
Internal cultural issues and employee departures have impacted Siri's evolution.
Study shows nearly 30% of the Google results have featured snippets.
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 will automatically convert display ads to AMP, test AMP landing pages for SearchMay 23, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Company says AMP ads can load up to 5 seconds faster than […]
Doubling down on voice Between the many Google Home and Google Assistant announcements, it’s clear that marketers need to shift content creation strategies to focus not only on natural conversational language, but also the context of the conversation query — from which device and the time/location of a query. Joe Youngblood noted in his recent […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing launches bots for local businessesMay 22, 2017 by Greg Sterling Bots are created automatically from data in Bing Places and will soon work with Facebook Messenger and Cortana. [Podcast] The […]
In our latest podcast, we recap some of the bigger news and announcements from Google I/O 2017, with audio from the company's main keynote on Wednesday.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Remarketing: The best-kept marketing secretMay 19, 2017 by Michelle Cruz Everything you need to know about an opportunity that’s not widely discussed in the industry — search remarketing on Bing. […]
It's early, but Google will soon need to rank Assistant apps, too.
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 comes to iPhone, adds alerts, hands-free calling & more May 17, 2017 by Matt McGee Google’s virtual assistant gains a number of new features and expands to Apple’s iPhone […]
Google's virtual assistant gains a number of new features and expands to Apple's iPhone as competition for Siri & Cortana.
At today's Google I/O 2017 conference keynote, Google introduces a new visual search tool coming to Google Assistant and Google Photos.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Google planning to bring its Assistant to the iPhone May 16, 2017 by Greg Sterling Google also expected to announce integration of the Assistant into GE appliances. Are you a […]
Google also expected to announce integration of the Assistant into GE appliances.
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 is rolling out changes to AdWords Ad Rank thresholds: What you need to knowMay 15, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Bids can carry more weight in Ad Rank thresholds based on […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is Google testing its own jobs search engine?Apr 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz In the market for a new job? Google appears to be testing a new search feature just for […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Google Assistant bests rivals for questions answered and overall accuracyApr 27, 2017 by Greg Sterling Cortana was second for questions answered, Alexa second-best for accuracy. What your paid search KPI […]
Cortana was second for questions answered, Alexa second-best for accuracy.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Simple tips to get your app indexed, ranked & installedApr 26, 2017 by John E Lincoln Got an app you’d like to promote? Columnist John Lincoln provides some basic tips for […]
Google partners with Bon Appetit, The New York Times, Food Network and others to bring millions of recipes to the Google Assistant.
Google hopes to improve by better surfacing authoritative content and enlisting feedback about suggested searches and Featured Snippets answers.
The new feature, which rolls out today, enables multiple users to receive personalized results.