New Search Engine Omnity Said to Be “Smarter Than Google”
The Washington Post reports that a new search engine called Omnity is on the way, which is targeted at researchers and students. Not only is...
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Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, Matt specializes in gathering details, checking facts, and making complex subjects easy to understand. In addition to writing articles, Matt oversees strategy development for SEJ’s news department.
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Study Shows Positive Correlation Between Traffic and Referring Domains
A new study conducted by SimilarWeb and Majestic concludes that there is a positive correlation between a website’s traffic and the number of referring domains...
New Length of Titles and Descriptions is Just a Test, Google Says
After much speculation as to whether or not the extended length of search snippet titles and descriptions is a test or a permanent change, we...
Conduct Scientific Research With Google’s New Science Journal App
Google announced a new Android app dedicated to conducting scientific research. It is being marketed as a tool for conducting science with your phone. Using...
Combine Multiple Properties in Google Search Console
Tracking multiple properties in Google Search Console used to be cumbersome and tedious to set up. If you had a desktop site, a mobile site,...
Bing’s Share of the Search Market is Growing Faster than Google’s
According to the latest numbers, comScore reports that Bing’s share of the search market grew more than Google’s this past April.
New Look For Google Search With Card-Based Results
Many have been spotting Google testing a new layout for its desktop search results pages by displaying the individual results in the form of cards.
Google Won’t Kill Hangouts After Launch of Allo
This week, Google announced at its I/O developer conference that it is working on a messaging app called Allo. This left many to wonder what...
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...
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...