Google leadership changes with Jeff Dean out, Demis Hassabis role change and more
Jeff Dean has been with Google for over 27 years, and helped build Google Search in the early days through AI Mode.
Topic: Google Brain
This day in search marketing history: January 12
Google Panda becomes a core ranking signal, plus: R.I.P. link command, Google Japan’s PageRank penalty expires and more.
Could Google passage indexing be leveraging BERT?
How Google leverages BERT depends on the use of the term ‘Passage Indexing’ (although it’s identified as a ranking update).
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.
Updated: Google’s Ben Gomes expands role to head all of search as John Giannandrea moves to Apple to head AI
Role previously held by John Giannandrea to be split between Jeff Dean and Ben Gomes
SearchCap: Videos on Google My Business, SEO reports & search pics
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 My Business video uploads now available to business ownersJan 12, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Videos can appear on Google Maps and local search listings. 4 reports you can pull from […]
Search in Pics: Google Brain jacket, puppy dog eyes & deprecated GoogleBot
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 deprecated GoogleBot: Source: Instagram Google Brain jacket: Source: Instagram Google dog with puppy eyes: Source: […]
Search in Pics: Light bulb cups, Google brain fixtures & crazy hat day
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. Google drinks from light bulb cups: Source: Instagram Front of the Google Chicago rooftop subway car: […]
SearchCap: Google link command, mobile-first index & SEO problems
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 has officially killed off their link commandJan 12, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google tells webmasters and SEOs to stop using the link command, that it is officially dead and not […]
SearchCap: Google AdWords Callouts, Bing Ads Close Variants & Getty Images Sues Over Bing Image Widget
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Getty Images Sues Microsoft For “Massive Infringement” Of Copyright By Bing Image Widget It didn’t take long for Bing’s new Image Widget to come under fire for alleged copyright infringement. The […]
Baidu To Build Computer Cluster 100X More Powerful Than The “Google Brain”
Bloomberg reports on an interview with Andrew Ng, the chief scientist of Baidu, China’s largest search engine. Andrew Ng, who founded the Google Brain project at Google in 2011 and now is at Baidu, said that Baidu is working on building out a computing cluster that will be 100 times more powerful than what they […]
SearchCap: Google HTTPS Study, Consolidated AdWords Billing & Google Quick Answer Failure
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 Quick Answer Fail: NSFW Advice On “How To Eat Sushi” Google continues to expand the number of quick answers it offers in its results, as well as the size of […]
SearchCap: Bing Snapshot Expands, How “Right To Be Forgotten” Works & More
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 Expands Snapshot With New Food & Drug Entities Bing is getting smarter today with the addition of food- and drug-related entities to its library of facts. The new at-a-glance information […]
Baidu Hires Andrew Ng, Google’s Lead “Brain”
Chinese search giant Baidu has stolen away the head of Google’s “deep learning” project, dubbed “Google Brain.” Andrew Ng is an artificial intelligence expert, Stanford professor and founder of online learning company Coursera. Google Brain is a machine learning initiative to help make computing more efficient and capable by mimicking the distributed processes of the human […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 7, 2013
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 Maps To Get A Major Design Overhaul Alex Chitu reports Google is testing a new Google Maps interface, possibly to be launched next week at Google I/O. The new interface […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 30, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.