Google Business Profile products: 3 ways to productize your presence
Should you use Google Business Profile Products, in-store products, or Merchant Center? Learn which and how to implement.
Topic: Product
Why product feeds need an organic strategy for AI search
Most product feeds are built for paid media. Aligning them with organic search behavior improves visibility across Shopping and AI surfaces.
YouTube updates Product Drops tool for enhanced accessibility and control
The live shopping stream feature is expanding to more creators, and will offer increased flexibility in terms of timings.
Content API for Shopping and Google Ads API updated for country targeting
Google says you can opt-out if you're concerned that your database can't handle datafeeds without a target country.
Google Business Profile guidelines updated to include products
Product listings on Google Business Profile give advertisers and retailers a new way to promote in-store items.
Microsoft announces Automotive Ads, Audience Network expansion, and 7 other updates
The new updates were announced today on Microsoft's blog and will be rolled out over the coming weeks across the USA and other markets.
Twitter announces Product Drops for merchants
Merchants rejoice. You can now set up notifications to alert your followers when your brand drops new products.
Facebook testing brand safety topic exclusions for advertisers
"This is the first time the Feed environment would be managed though controls," company says.
Google Shopping gets top spot impression share & product diagnostics reporting
The updates are available in the new AdWords interface.
Google is rolling out new keyword bidding suggestions in AdWords
The new feature shows suggested bids for various page positions.
Meet a Landy Award winner: Quick on its feet, Point It wins Best B2C Enterprise SEM Initiative
On a tight timetable, Point It managed to execute successful, targeted campaigns to support a product launch on the US Microsoft Store.
SearchCap: Google AdWords shopping ads, HERE & 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: Feed your search marketing obsession at SMX AdvancedApr 6, 2016 by Search Engine Land For 10 years, search marketers have purchased every ticket available for SMX Advanced. Don’t miss your only […]
Google’s Annual AdWords Livestream Set For May 5th
New product announcements will stem from mobile's prominent role in the customer journey.
With Apple’s Help, Google Search Gets Special Info Boxes For iPhone 6 & Apple Watch
Who says rivals can’t work together? If you search on Google for “iPhone 6” or “Apple Watch,” you’ll discover new information boxes about each product that Google created with the help of Apple. Here’s how it looks for search on iPhone 6: And for the iPhone 6 Plus: And for the Apple Watch: These boxes, commonly called […]
Google, Samsung Delay “Unpacked” Android Event Out Of Respect For Steve Jobs
Samsung and Google were set to unveil the next Android “flagship,” the anticipated Nexus Prime, at an event next week in San Diego called “Samsung Mobile Unpacked.” It coincides with the CTIA wireless trade show, which has been moved from San Francisco to San Diego to protest a mobile phone radiation labeling requirement passed by […]
This Is Facebook’s “Awesome” News: Group Chat & 1-to-1 Video Calling
Today, Facebook has promised us something “awesome.” The press has assembled. I’m here with them, and the live blogging will soon pour forth from my finger tips! The event is supposed to start at 10am Pacific, but I think it will be a bit late. When it starts, you can tune-in through the live stream […]
Google Preparing To Launch Social “Circles” — Or Maybe Not
There’s lots of buzzing and posting this morning based on a couple of tweets from Tim O’Reilly and Steve Case. They state that “Google Circles” (which is “awesome”) is going to launch “possibly today.” (See updates below.) ReadWriteWeb has a lengthy discussion of the reportedly impending product launch. It’s based largely on hearsay but here […]
Yahoo Laying Off About 600 Employees
This week’s rumors are true: Yahoo began laying off several hundred employees today. Reuters is reporting that most of the cuts affect about 600 employees, or 4% of Yahoo’s workforce. The layoffs, as expected, will come from Yahoo’s product division. This week’s rumor mill had suggested the layoffs would hit about 650 people, or 5% […]
Live Blogging The Facebook Messages / Email Event – With Screenshots!
Today, Facebook is widely expected to announce that it is offering email to its members. Will that be the case? We’ll all find out soon enough. I’ll be live blogging the Facebook event that begins at 10am Pacific Time. Also see our expanded piece: How The New Facebook Messages & Email System Works
Google Buzz: The Good, Bad, & Ugly Reactions
Google’s stated goal for Buzz is to help users cut through the noise of social networking. Ironically, yesterday’s announcement created as much noise (maybe more?) as an Apple announcement. Yep, everybody’s got an opinion about Google Buzz and if you’re one of the many who found it impossible to follow the reactions, we’ve done some […]
Now That Everything Is Known, Will The Google Nexus One Phone Launch Generate A Collective Yawn?
The way that the “Google Phone” rumors and later Nexus One blogging played out probably mean that when Google finally announces the device on January 5 (in all likelihood) there won’t be much news. I could be quite wrong of course. Regardless, I imagine the event will be interesting — something like “a year of […]
Google Android Press Event For Jan. 5 – Announcing “Nexus One” Google Phone?
We just received a press invitation from Google to an “Android Press Gathering” for January 5. That coincides a report that T-Mobile has advised employees that Google will be selling its own phone with T-Mobile “support” on January 5. So, the rumor of a new Google phone called “Nexus One” is moving closer to reality. […]
Official: Wolfram Alpha Launches May 18
After briefly going live yesterday, Wolfram Alpha — the much anticipated fact engine — was quickly shutdown. Now the company tells us that May 18 is the official launch data. For more about the service, see my write-up, Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”. Postscript by Barry Schwartz: They have moved up the date to […]
Google: I’ll One Up That Newcomer
As I hinted to with the demo of Wolfram Alpha Google launched Google Profiles, that Google tends to release new features during or around the time a newcomer launches their product. This happened a couple days ago, when Google decided to launch Google Public Data during the big demo of one of the most comprehensive […]
How To Overhype Your Search Engine
After covering search for 13 years, I’m more than a little jaded. I’ve seen any number of search start-ups promise to revolutionize how we search. None of them have in the huge way they’ve promised, other than Google — and it’s a special case. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching Wolfram Alpha walk […]
Kogan ‘Indefinitely’ Delays Android Phone Launch
Austrialian electronics maker Kogan Technologies has said it is “indefinitely” delaying what was an imminent launch of the second Android phone in Australia, because of technology compatibility issues. According to the Kogan Blog: The Agora did reach a very late stage of development. Manufacturing had commenced and it was a matter of days from being […]
Google Trademarks Knol, Android, OpenSocial, & More In 2007
Gary Price reports Google has applied to trademark several terms this year, including Knol, Android, OpenSocial, Open Handset Alliance, Panoramio, Dalvik, and more. These trademark applications are common for companies wanting to protect their new product releases.
Search Announcements & Products Out Of TechCrunch 40
TechCrunch 40 is currently underway, and there have been quite a few product announcements made by search companies at the conference. Below you can find a wrap up of what was announced so far at TechCrunch 40:
Will Google GDrive Come To GoogleDrive.com?
Garett Rogers reports that Google has updated the name servers for GoogleDrive.com to point to NSx.GOOGLE.COM. Garett explains that this is typically a sign that a new product is coming to life at that domain. Although we don’t know for sure, it may imply that GDrive is about to launch really soon.