Google announced last week that they had recently conducted a study to research the actors behind fake listings on Google Maps. The study points out that “geographic proximity is the coin of the emerging localized-search realm,” which matches what I observed with the Possum update in 2016. This major algorithm update was responsible …

Two patents were recently granted to Google that paint a very interesting picture of the future of search. These patents are: Detecting and correcting potential errors in user behavior Guided purchasing via smartphone Before we dive in, I feel it’s necessary to point out that having a patent granted does …

Marketing data is everywhere. With so many new consumer touchpoints – from chatbots, to in-store beacons and virtual assistants – the sheer variety and volume of data is exploding. Beyond your out-of-the box product dashboards, custom Excel spreadsheets, and basic data visualizations – are you really leveraging your data in …

Knowing you are eligible for Medicare at age 65 may give you some peace of mind about retirement health care costs, but you may be surprised to find out that you’ll still be paying a lot out of pocket. While Medicare premiums are fairly predictable, tests and procedures and that …

Last week, we covered Google’s internal benchmarks of its own TPU, or tensor processing unit. Google’s results revealed that the TPU is much faster than a conventional GPU for processing inference workloads, at a fraction of the power consumption. While machine learning still takes place on GPUs, Google’s TPU results …

The Xbox team has done a wonderful job turning around the narrative of the Xbox One. Even though the initial launch was fraught with missteps, the current leadership has made this console a legitimately worthwhile option. The Xbox One S is a sleek hardware revision, the 360 backwards-compatible catalog continues …

Planetary researchers have long thought that the dwarf planet Ceres may have a temporary, thin atmosphere (an exosphere), but mysteries lingered about its origin and why it’s not always present. Now, scientists from NASA’s Dawn mission suggest that the Cerean exosphere appears to be related to the behavior of the …

We’re in town for a few days and we’re excited to meet all of you at the Pittsburgh Micro-Meetup tomorrow. In preparation for Disrupt New York and our upcoming TC Sessions series on robotics, John Biggs and I are in Pittsburgh to talk to some startups. We will meet at …

With so many advertisers competing for high demand ad positions and search terms, and with constant fluctuations in the market, figuring out how to optimize your advertising spend within available budgets can be a real challenge. Predictive Search Bidding is a great way to control your costs while increasing your …

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 working on fixing bug with the Links to Your Site reportApr 10, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google Search Console reporting bug leads webmasters to panic …