In her 2017 Internet Trends Report, KPMG’s Mary Meeker named voice as one of the top trends of the year, noting the rise in mobile voice queries and improved voice recognition. AI-enabled voice recognition is becoming a normal part of how we interact with technology. What humans say is becoming …
Read More »Google working to integrate AMP benefits into future open web standards
Google continues to make major investments in improving the performance of and user experience on the web. This has been primarily through the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) framework, which was first launched in 2015 and has been aggressively developed, promoted, and integrated into publishing platforms ever since. Initially viewed as …
Read More »SearchCap: Google bringing AMP benefits to web standards, musicians on Google Posts & Google Lens rollout
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 to integrate AMP benefits into future open web standardsMar 8, 2018 by Michelle Robbins Standardization will allow sites to implement, and benefit from, AMP …
Read More »The ultimate guide to bot herding and spider wrangling
This is Part 1 of a three-part series. We generally think about search engine optimization in relation to humans: What queries are my customers using? How can I get more bloggers to link to me? How can I get people to stay longer on my site? How can I add …
Read More »Google AMP team launches ‘Render on Idle’ to load ads faster when browsers sit idle
Google’s AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) team has launched a new feature called Render on Idle that is designed to increase ad impressions per page by speeding up ad load when a user isn’t taking any action in a browser. Render on Idle is available to publishers using the DoubleClick AMP …
Read More »International Women’s Day Google doodle honoring females around the world arrives a day early
Google is sharing its International Women’s Day doodle a day early, giving the world more time to view the 12 female-focused stories it has collected to honor women. Leading to a search for International Women’s Day, the doodle includes 12 separate visual stories created by female artists from around the …
Read More »SearchCap: Google AMP render on idle, spidering & Google doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: International Women’s Day Google doodle honoring females around the world arrives a day earlyMar 7, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues The doodle is a collective of 12 …
Read More »Gabriel García Márquez Google doodle honors novelist behind the classic ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’
Google is giving props to another iconic author today, this time honoring Gabriel García Márquez on what would have been the novelist’s 91st birthday. The doodle is an artful illustration inspired by the magical city of Macondo — a world created by Márquez in his classic novel, “One Hundred Years …
Read More »Inside the judging chamber: 21 tips for crafting impressive awards submissions
Since their inception in 2015, the Search Engine Land Awards have maintained some of the highest submission requirements and strictest standards among digital marketing awards programs. The application process requires submitting a number of highly sensitive and often confidential details around campaign budget, metrics, strategy and tactics, tools and resources …
Read More »Google’s Gboard for Android keyboard now supports 300+ languages
Google announced that its mobile keyboard, Gboard, now supports over 300 languages on Android. Traditional and simplified Chinese and Korean are notable additions among the more than 20 languages Google has added to Gboard. Google also said it is also working on bringing support to lesser-known and used languages such …
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