Google Unveils Its Voice Assistant, Say Hello to ‘Allo’
Google unveiled its own voice assistant at Google I/O this week, which is a smart, conversational extension of Google that many are calling the answer...
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Google’s Rich Cards Are Like Rich Snippets, in Card Form
Google rolled out a new format for search results, called ‘rich cards’, that is best described as an evolution of rich snippets.
Google Launches New Mobile Friendly Testing Tool
Google has launched a new mobile friendly page testing tool which can be reached from the mobile usability report in Search Console or by visiting...
Google Ads Now Being Shown in Image Search
Business Insider reports that, for the first time ever, advertisements are on their way to Google’s image search results. The rollout is starting slow, beginning...
Google Extends Lengths of Title Tags in Mobile Search Results
Coming hot off the heels of last week’s news that Google has increased the widths of title tags and descriptions, is a new report by...
Significant Change to SERPs: Google Extends Length of Titles and Descriptions
Google has made a significant change to its search results pages by extending the length of titles and descriptions.
Search from Your iPhone’s Keyboard with New Google Gboard
Google has released a third-party keyboard for iOS with integrated search functionality.
Amazon Offers Intriguing Competitor to YouTube for Video Creators
Amazon introduced a new service this week called Amazon Video Direct, that allows people to post videos which they can then monetize.
Use Google Translate Within Any Android App, Use Offline on iOS
For Android users, gone are the days of copying and pasting text on your mobile device into Google Translate. With the new ‘Tap to Translate’...
Google Turns Links Black, How to Get them Back to Blue
In an A/B test, Google has changed its blue link titles to black. According to the reactions so far, it’s unlikely this change will become...
Local News Sources Are Being Highlighted in Google News
Google is giving local news sources an opportunity to shine in its News section with a new tag developed to identify when a news story...
Periscope Introduces Search, Makes All Videos Permanent
Twitter’s live streaming app Periscope started the week with a series of announcements which includes new search functionality, and more.
Bing Says 25% of All Searches are Voice Searches
A quarter of all searches performed on Bing are now voice searches.
Google to Unveil New Adwords Redesign on May 24
Google announced it will be doing a live demo of the redesigned AdWords interface later this month on May 24th.
Google is Reading Romance Novels to Improve Conversational Search
For the past few month’s Google’s AI has been reading nearly 3,000 romance novels in order to improve its conversational search abilities.
Google Changes Every Blogspot Domain to HTTPS
Google is again showing its support for a more secure web with a move made today which sees every Blogspot domain being moved to HTTPS.
Google Has Been Taking Action On Sites With Sneaky Mobile Redirects
Google gave plenty of warning to owners of sites with “sneaky” mobile redirects; which is anything that misleads the user into visiting something they didn’t...
Bing Brings Image-Based Search to Its iOS App
Bing has rolled out an update to its iOS app that will now let iPhone iPad users search for information by either uploading or taking...
No Sponsored Content on Facebook Unless You Have a Verified Page
You need to have a verified Facebook Page in order to post branded content.
Google Celebrates 10 Milestones During 10 Years of Google Translate
Google Translate is now 10 years old. When it first launched it supported only two languages and has now gone on to support over 100...
Take a Trip With Google Using Its New Travel App
Google is currently beta testing a new travel app, called Google Trips, which is designed to be a smart assistant for planning your vacations.
Biz Stone’s ‘Jelly’ App Relaunches As a New Search Engine
Twitter founder Biz Stone first launched launched Jelly in January 2014 as a social Q&A search engine when you could pose questions that could be...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Predicts Company’s Future in Founder’s Letter
Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered his first ever letter to shareholders today, where he predicted the future lies in machine learning. Of course, the most...
Unskippable Six Second Ads Coming to YouTube
Google is rolling out a new ad format for YouTube which will be short and unskippable. Google is calling me these ad units “Bumper” ads...
Getty Images Joins EU in Antitrust Complaint Against Google
It has been a turmultuous week for Google when it comes to dealing with legal issues. First, the European Commission files antitrust complaints against Google....
Google’s In-Depth Articles Return After 2 Week Absence
Google inexplicably removed the in-depth articles section from search results over two weeks ago. Now it appears the section has returned just as quietly as...
Google AdWords Positions 1 and 4 Show Most Potential [STUDY]
A study led by Adobe Media Optimizer finds that paid search ads that end up in the 4th position might actually produce the best results.
Google and Microsoft End Fued Over Android
Google has gained one new antitrust investigation and had another one withdrawn all in the span of one week. Microsoft officially withdrew its antitrust complaints...
Only 23% of SEOs Currently Implementing AMP, 50% Believe it Will Affect Rankings
In an exclusive study conducted by SEO PowerSuite, some revealing findings were uncovered as to how SEOs are responding to Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages project...
Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm Now Factors in Viewing Time
Facebook is going beyond the basic signals of liking, commenting, and sharing to now factor in viewing time as a ranking signal.