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 rolling out hands-free calling on Google Home to US and CanadaAug 16, 2017 by Greg Sterling One day relatively soon, home assistants could be generating large volumes of calls to […]
In partnership with The Weather Channel, pollen and allergy-related mobile searches return information on local pollen levels and an offer to receive pollen count alerts.
Google is now experimenting with nine Android apps to surface their app only content in the mobile search results. This is a huge step for apps and Google search.
New sources continue to push Google to the edge of Apple's search ecosystem, but Google Now remains ahead on predictions.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Cortana For Android Available For Download Ahead Of Official Launch A few days ago, Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana, became available for download. This is not the official launch, and it’s not […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Baidu Beats Expectations, Posts 59 Pct Revenue Growth In Q1 2014 Chinese search engine leader and advertising provider, Baidu, released financials for the first quarter of the year reporting total revenues […]
Millions of us have asked Google to play weatherperson. In order to get an answer to one of our oldest and most basic questions, we type a variety of words and numbers — city names, neighborhoods and ZIP codes, plus words like “weather,” “forecast” or maybe “temperature” — into the Google search box, and Google […]
It’s one of those things that you almost wonder why it wasn’t there before: current weather conditions on Google Maps. Well, Google has added current weather conditions around the world on Google Maps, and it’s a helpful addition. The new weather layer can be turned on or off by clicking the options widget in the […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search Market Share Static, 2.2 Billion Local Queries On Google ComScore released its May 2011 search market share rankings this afternoon. The data essentially show no change from last month in […]
In an apparent move to bolster its own ad sales efforts and provide services to large publishers, Google has reportedly made a $400 million purchase of Admeld, a company that builds technology to help ad sellers maximize the value of their inventory. Admeld has relationships with the Weather Channel, IDG TechNetwork, and large newspaper companies […]
So Firefox 3 has a new release candidate making news, suggesting that the browser is nearly done. May I suggest that the browser is nowhere near being done until the Mozilla Foundation drops its favoritism to Google and allow users to pick their own default search engine? And that Microsoft ought to be among those […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Local search and directory site SuperPages.com has upgraded its mapping functionality, adding a range of sharing and personalization features built on top of the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform. SuperPages’ chief online yellow pages competitor, YellowPages.com also uses Virtual Earth.