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.
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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.
Google Search Will Soon Be Your New TV Guide
TV listings will soon be shown in Google search, an announcement made this week at the National Association of Broadcasters conference. According to the announcement,...
Google Highlights AMP Pages in Google News
Google News will soon be highlighting the content of the thousands of publishers that have embraced Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) since its launch this past...
Search and Listen to Podcasts on the Google App on Android
This week Google rolled out the ability to listen and subscribe to podcasts to Google Play Music. The Google Search app for Android has some...
Google Hit With Abuse Charges Over Android Operating System
European Union’s Competition Commission has decided that Android OS breaches EU competition law.
Google’s New Search Card Will Help Track Your Online Orders
A new Google search card allows searchers to track packages directly within the search results pages.
Google PageRank Officially Shuts its Doors to the Public
Google has officially shut down toolbar PageRank to the general public.
New App From LinkedIn Helps College Grads Find Jobs
The new app, appropriately titled LinkedIn Students, is made specifically for helping college students in their efforts to find jobs after graduation.
EU Calls For Search Engines to Be More Transparent About Ads
The European Union is calling for search engines like Google and Bing to be more upfront about advertising in search engine results pages.
Google Adjusts the Impact of Ad Rank Formats
Google has done away with the archaic and confusing formula for displaying ad extensions with the introduction of a new policy.
Google AdWords Sees Green With Updated Ad Tag Colors
If you have been seeing more green lately with respect to Google AdWords, and we don’t just mean monetarily, it’s not just you. Google has...
Google Search to Display Gas Prices in Local Pack
Gas prices are starting to show up in the local three pack as well as in the local finder and the knowledge panel which shows...
Google Calendar Can Now Assist With Planning Personal Goals
An update to Calendar will see that Google’s scheduling software is now able to help you plan and find time for accomplishing personal goals.
Facebook’s Instant Articles Now Available to Everyone
Facebook’s Instant Articles, a proprietary publishing platform that promises instant loading content on mobile, is now available to anyone who publishes content on Facebook.
WordPress Version 4.5 Now Available: Here’s What’s New
WordPress version 4.5 is now available, it is designed with editing improvements in mind which should help improve the content creation process.