Bing Ads Introduces More Functionality To Recently Overhauled Home Page Dashboard
Compare time periods and customize modules with campaign filters.
Topic: User interface
The Google Mobile Search Carousel Adds Pinterest Pins, Vines, Houzz & Food Network Recipes
The Google Search news carousel gets a bit more social with Pinterest Pins, Vines and more.
Bing Sounds Off: Adds Audio To Homepage
With the sound muted by default, the new audio option can be played via a small icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
Hooray, Bing Ads Makes It Possible To Save Column Settings
This is one subtle change that will make a big difference in managers' daily lives.
Google: FIFA Women’s World Cup Results Are For Android-Only
Want scores in the FIFA Women's World Cup? On Android, Google makes it easy. For desktop & iOS, it's doing nothing special -- unlike for the men's tournament in 2014.
Google Testing Large Images In Mobile Search Results
Google is caught testing image thumbnails in the mobile search results again. This time on the left side of the snippets description.
Cortana Everywhere: Speech-Driven Digital Assistants As The New Universal UI
Microsoft's Project Oxford offers bundle of advanced tools and functionality to developers.
Google Drops Another Search Filter: Reading Level
The reading level search filter feature has been removed by Google. This feature let you filter your content by basic, intermediate or advanced content.
For Task Completion, Cortana Now Integrates More Deeply With Apps
Third party app developers can now integrate content into the Cortana UI.
In 2 Years, Google Search Tools & Filters Have Shrunk From 9 To 2
Will Google drop the search tools filters in the near future? We are down to 2 filters from 9 filters two years ago.
Bing Image Search Adds Bubbles To Improve The Mobile Search Experience
Bing reimagines the mobile image search experience with intelligent groups for your searches, by bubbling your search queries.
New Google Mobile Search User Interface Test: Line Separators In Snippets
Google is testing a line break within the mobile search results snippets that breaks up the URL and the description in the snippet.
Flickr Testing Improved Search Experience [PHOTOS]
Some Flickr users should be seeing a new search interface that’s described on the site as a “beta” and offers faster access to more content across Flickr. Yahoo’s communications team declined to say how many users are opted in, but did give us this statement confirming the test: We’re constantly iterating and experimenting to bring […]
Bing Revamps Mobile Home Page Adding Swipe Up For Popular Topics & Settings
Bing deploys a "significant redesign" to their mobile homepage.
Bing Image Search Redesigned To Add More Image Details To The Results
Bing launches a new upgrade to their image search, adding a lot more useful image search options and details.
Google Gives Businesses More Photo Control With My Business Upgrade
New photo section includes the ability to choose between profile, logo and cover images as display for maps and search.
Google News Bug Drops Trending Topics From Side Bar Navigation
A Google bug breaks the Trending Topics feature in Google News. A fix is coming soon, says Google's Stacie Chan.
Google Mobile Testing New Loading User Interface
Google testing a new slick mobile user interface for navigating through the mobile search results.
Bing Also Testing Google’s Search Design Interface
Days after Yahoo was caught testing a Google search design interface, Bing is also caught testing it.
Bing Ads Rolls Out Enhanced Sitelinks Globally, Adds Sitelink Device Preference
Additional copy below each Sitelink extension is available in most markets and languages supported by Bing Ads.
Bing Tests New News Card That Expands
Check out this neat new Bing Search test, where you can expand to see more news related content in the Bing search results.
Google Now Bugs Remove Cards From Users While Google Now Tests Custom Background Themes
Google Now has a bug where informational cards are not being displayed to some users. Plus, Google Now is testing geographically relevant background themes.
Yahoo Rolls Out Search For Its Android Launcher Aviate
In February, I wrote that the glaring omission from Yahoo’s Android launcher and “intelligent homescreen” Aviate was a search box. Now it has one. Yesterday Yahoo announced that it’s rolling out search on Aviate (for Android 4.0 and above): Search on Aviate is your gateway to your apps, contacts and the Web, with Web results powered by Yahoo. Aviate […]
Bing Updates iOS App Adding Swipeable Trends & Redesign Home Screen
Check out the new updated Bing mobile app that has a fully redesigned home screen and new features to make searching on the go more enjoyable.
Google Testing Image Thumbnails In Mobile Search Results?
Google is testing a new mobile search interface that shows image thumbnails in the search snippets results.
New Widget In AdWords Makes Countdown Copy Easy
Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having to type variable strings.Quickly set up dynamic countdowns in ads without having to type variable strings.
Google’s 2014 Holiday Decorations For Christmas, Kwanzaa & Hanukkah
Google dressed up their search results for the holiday season with animated Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa themes.
Bing Adds Carousel For Local Searches After Google Drops The Feature
Bing is now using a carousel format for their local search results user interface. If you search Bing for local related queries, such as pizza, you will see local results placed in a black bar, that you can navigation through, to find local pizza stores. Here is a picture: Bing started using the carousel format […]
Yahoo’s “Clean” Search Design For Firefox & Yahoo Users Looks Even More Like Google
In the Yahoo blog post announcing the company’s new default search deal with Firefox there’s a small GIF preview of what the new “clean” Yahoo search results will look like. Below are some of the screens from the post: On first blush I thought these were a departure from current Yahoo results but they actually look quite similar […]
Google Knowledge Graph Carousel Gains “Breadcrumb” Navigation Links
Google has quietly added a small but important feature to their Knowledge Graph Carousel – a breadcrumb navigation link. If your search brings up the carousel and it references back to a higher-level knowledge graph panel, Google may show a link to the knowledge graph panel details. For example, searching for [paypal founders] shows a […]
Google Drops Local Carousel For Hotels, Restaurants & Other Local Listings
Google is dropping its horizontal Carousel display of local search results in several categories: restaurants, nightlife, entertainment and hotels. It’s being replaced by a 3-pack of organic listings and some new secondary pages. The Local Carousel rolled out in June, 2013 for the PC in the US and gradually expanded to a number of categories […]
More Bulk Editing Capabilities In Bing Ads Web UI Are Now Live
Bing Ads has been rolling out bulk editing capabilities within the web interface over the past few months. Today, more options became available. Bulk bid and destination editing are both relatively new additions, and now advertisers can edit keyword match types in bulk. At the ad group level, bids can be set or adjusted up […]
Google Analytics Rolls Out New Tag Manager Tools
Google analytics launched a new set of tools for Tag Manager users, including new APIs, third-party templates and a refreshed user interface. According to Google, the new Tag Manager API lets users customize their infrastructure and better manage bulk user access. [blockquote cite=”Google Analytics Blog”]From creating and managing users to previewing and publishing containers and […]
Bing Shows What’s Playing At The Movies, In Remake Of Google’s Own Film Carousel
Bing has a new way of showing you what’s playing in your local theater, a “carousel” format that lets you browse what’s playing. If you think you’ve seen this before, you have. It’s how Google already does it. The Movie Carousel A search for something like “movie times” will display movies playing near your location […]
Bing Ads Introduces Bulk Editing In Web UI, Now Review Up To 1 Million Keywords
Bing Ads has been building out its capabilities in the Web UI this year so that account managers aren’t as beholden to the Bing Ads Editor as they have been to manage campaigns. Today, Bing Ads announced bulk editing features and the ability to review accounts with as many as 1 million keywords via the […]
Google Says There’s No Bug, Older Versions Of Its Search Page Showing Up On Purpose
After more than 200 comments on a Google Search Help Forum thread last week, reporting a glitch that caused an older version of Google’s search page to display in certain browsers, a Google employee claimed there was no glitch at all. According to Googler Nealem, the page was working just fine. The Google employee left […]
Bing Testing More Updates To Its Search Results Page
After this week’s story on possible changes coming to Bing’s navigation bar, it appears the site is also testing how search results are displayed. Along with repositioning its navigation bar, All Google reports Bing is experimenting with Google-like search cards for its results. Here’s a screen shot of what Bing’s new search page interface would […]
Yahoo Experimenting With A New User Interface
The website All Google Testing reported today that Yahoo is experimenting with a new user interface. The report claimed Yahoo’s experimental interface mirrors that of Google’s interface for tablets. All Google Testing offered up directions to view the Yahoo test page, but you’ll have to have better developer chops than me to find it. Here’s […]
Google Launches A New Google Alerts Interface
Google has completely revamped the user interface and design for Google Alerts. Google Alerts allows searchers to subscribe to be notified of new content Google discovers on a specific keyword via email or RSS feed. Google Alerts is useful and important for managing your online reputation, following companies and topics you are interested and the […]