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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 announces solution to longstanding AMP cache URL display problemJan 8, 2018 by Michelle Robbins Later this year, the Google AMP cache will finally display publisher …

Last week Google announced that the Google Assistant was available on 400 million devices. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this evening it announced an array new device partnerships. Rival Amazon is also making announcements at CES with a range of device makers. Alexa is being integrated into …

Google announced today that they are well on their way to solving one of the most annoying (to publishers) “features” of AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) – Google URLs, not the publisher URLs, displaying in search results served from the AMP cache. Several half-steps have been taken along the path of …

The arrival of the Pinterest Lens and Google Lens has ignited a battle for visual search engine supremacy. Beyond opening up a new revenue stream for e-commerce stores, visual search could completely alter consumer habits and purchasing decisions. In a world driven by instant gratification, visual search can open the …

Google announced today that it will be making the new Google Search Console available to everyone in the coming weeks. Specifically, verified users in Google Search Console will be able to access the new Search Performance, Index Coverage, AMP status and Job posting reports. Google said the new Search Console …

Google has removed search ads related to addiction treatment in the UK, following an investigation by The Sunday Times (registration required). The investigation revealed an ongoing issue with middlemen bidding on the terms and receiving large kickbacks from the private centers where the searchers are ultimately referred to, in a practice …

Google has accidentally removed a number of news publishers from Google News over the past few days. Many news publishers were found complaining in the Google News forums. Google has confirmed with Search Engine Land that this was accidental. We do expect those publishers to be reinstated into Google News …

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 accidentally removes news publishers from Google NewsJan 8, 2018 by Barry Schwartz It is expected that affected publishers will be reinstated by the end of …

Google is launching an update to its search console for webmasters today that, among other things, brings redesigned search performance and index coverage data to the service. In addition, the console now also features more detailed data about the errors that a site’s AMP pages and job listings may be …

Happy new year! If, like me, you’re just getting caught up on industry news and announcements, I’ll share a couple of noteworthy items you may have missed over the past two weeks: We shared the top 10 columns published in 2017. Cheers to our talented contributors Sherry Bonelli, Joy Hawkins, …