FAQ: All about the BERT algorithm in Google search
What it is, how it works and what it means for search.
Topic: Natural language processing
A deep dive into BERT: How BERT launched a rocket into natural language understanding
Get the full backstory of the algorithm's evolution and how BERT has improved human language understanding for machines.
Google’s Q3 ad revenue growth propelled by mobile search, YouTube
Ad revenues were $33.9 billion in the third quarter of 2019.
Why you may not have noticed the Google BERT update
Don't try to optimize for BERT, try to optimize your content for humans.
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.
Welcome BERT: Google’s latest search algorithm to better understand natural language
BERT will impact 1 in 10 of all search queries. This is the biggest change in search since Google released RankBrain.
Sidecar launches Amazon Advertising campaign management solution
It supports campaign management for sponsored products, sponsored brands and product display ads.
Video: Catalyst’s Paul Shapiro on going beyond technical SEO
Natural language processing, SEO testing, technical SEO audits and more were all discussed in this vlog.
Machine reservations: Google’s Duplex expanding to more Android, iPhone users
The technology appears to be ready for prime time as Google readies machine-based booking for categories beyond restaurants.
Duplex-powered Google Assistant restaurant booking expanding to more states and users
Available on Pixel phones, it will be rolling out to other Android and iOS users in the near future.
Cortana loses its chief after only 8 months
Microsoft is an AI leader but Cortana lags its rivals in distribution.
Google asks SMBs if they’ll accept calls from Google Assistant
Google is testing business owner interest in receiving calls from an AI robot.
Yext creating local knowledge graph, adds Snapchat to data network
New capabilities will allow companies to associate facts and attributes to answer more specific or 'conversational' queries.
Voice search isn’t the next big disruptor, conversational AI is
Virtual assistants and chatbots are opening up a whole new world for marketers, and voice search is just the beginning.
Our wake-up call to improve an industry
If you change nothing, nothing will ever change. We’re making it our primary goal to improve advertising technology. We’re facing down the challenges of our industry and responding with innovation because we believe call-based leads are the truest form of performance marketing. Soleo matches ready-to-buy consumers with businesses by way of local searches and calls […]
SearchCap: JavaScript powered websites, Google axes political ads & Amazon consumer survey
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Priorities for diagnosing JavaScript-powered websites Jun 7, 2018 by Maria Cieslak Contributor Maria Cieslak digs into JavaScript and some of the chaos associated with it and compiles a detailed checklist you […]
What do Google and a toddler have in common? Both need to learn good listening skills.
Contributor and patent explorer Dave Davies reviews a recently-presented paper that suggests Google is grouping entities and using their relationships to listen for better answers to multipart questions.
Ask the SMXperts: The latest in advanced technical SEO
SMXperts Dawn Anderson, Bastian Grimm and Brian Weiss answer technical SEO questions on time to first meaningful paint, indexation and crawling controls, challenges associated with voice search and more.
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.
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.
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.
Bing announces AI-powered new ‘intelligent search’ features
None of the features or changes is disruptive, but they collectively point to the fact that search evolution is accelerating.
How to use AI for link building and improve your search rankings
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow in popularity among consumers, marketers working in search engine optimization must consider how it can make their work easier and help them get better results.
Google Analytics rolling out ‘ask a question’ to get answers instantaneously
With natural language, users can quickly get data without having to dig for it from both desktop and Google Analytics' mobile apps.
Twiggle offers plug-and-play semantic search to online retailers
Company says its sophisticated search can be implemented without replacement of existing enterprise search.
Bing refreshes weather search results with interactive slider to see forecasts throughout the day
Snowbirds can also get quick results for snow conditions at US ski resorts.
Google’s machine learning now writes featured snippets descriptions
Google recently launched sentence-compression algorithms to help surface the best answers for your questions from publisher content across the web.
What are Google’s Gary Illyes’ favorite ranking signals?
Gary Illyes from Google loves Penguin, Panda and localization algorithms.
SearchCap: SEO vectors, Google data studio & 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: What is Google Data Studio and how can you use it?Sep 19, 2016 by Sherry Bonelli Currently in beta, Google Data Studio allows you to create branded reports with data visualizations […]
A brief evolution of Search: out of the search box and into our lives
We live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world powered by technology that changes by the nanosecond. And search is no different. Search is changing in look, form and function to become part of the fabric of our everyday lives, barely recognizable from its inception as a text box. By 2020, 50 percent of searches will be […]
Son of Siri: Viv aims to go way beyond today’s digital assistants
Viv hopes to effectively supersede Google as "an intelligent interface to everything."
Understanding intent through voice search
Bing and Google are looking at the future of search, and both are seeing a future that involves search engines as the intelligence platform powering digital assistance with daily life — personalized help that enables people to get more done efficiently and spend real time focused on what they care about most. Today’s digital assistants, […]
Preparing to relaunch, Jelly wants to bring “humanity” back to search
In SXSW conversation Jelly founder Biz Stone discussed #NextSearch with Danny Sullivan and teased the relaunch of his social answers engine.
MindMeld Launches Voice Assistant 2.0, Says Voice Search Growing Dramatically
San Francisco-based Expect Labs, which previously positioned itself as a kind of “Google Now in a Box” or “Siri in a Box” for third-party developers, has changed its name to MindMeld. The company is also launching a second generation of its technology, which it now describes as a “platform for creating large-scale language-understanding and question-answering […]
Google’s Natural Language Search Gets Smarter
Google is now smarter at understanding queries that include superlatives and times, as well as more complicated questions.
Cortana Everywhere: Speech-Driven Digital Assistants As The New Universal UI
Microsoft's Project Oxford offers bundle of advanced tools and functionality to developers.
Cortana Expands The Boundaries Of Search, But Will It Eventually Eat It Too?
Cortana, the personal digital assistant, has become a key part of Microsoft's competitive strategy.
Bing Insights Integrated Into Microsoft Office Word Online
Office Word Online adds Bing Insights to your document creation process.
Bing: It’s Unlikely That We’ll Take Search Share Away From Google
Microsoft’s Director of Search admitted this week that Bing isn’t likely to put a significant dent in Google’s search market share. Stefan Weitz appeared Tuesday at the Web Summit conference in Ireland, where he told attendees that Bing instead wants to focus on making its search technology an important part of mobile apps and other […]
Google (Now) Beats Siri And Cortana For Direct Answers — Study
Stone Temple Consulting (STC) published a study in which it compared mobile answers to “3086 different queries” on Siri, Google and Cortana to determine how each performed relative to the others. Google was the winner with more direct answers and more complete information. Eric Enge, who wrote up the results, says this was not a “personal assistant […]