An interview and Q&A with billionaire and previous CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt. In this interview, Eric goes over how he handled and encouraged innovation at Google and what cities can do to develop more entrepreneurs. Eric also talks about the altering function of innovations effect on federal government and …
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Read More »Facebook officially rolls out food ordering as part of longer-term commerce evolution
Last October, Facebook announced a number of tools and partnerships supporting local discovery and commerce on the app. Among them were the following: Booking and food ordering for Pages Social recommendations Local event discovery Last week, Facebook “officially launched” food ordering on Facebook. The platform is working with delivery aggregators …
Read More »Google Posts can now be automated with new API support
Google has updated the Google My Business API to add some support for creating and editing Google Posts. Google Posts is a feature that allows people and businesses to create content directly on Google that can appear highly ranked in Google search results for their names. In version 4.0 of …
Read More »How machine learning levels the SERP playing field
We don’t ordinarily think of Google when we think about competition in the digital marketing world, since it seems to reliably dominate most areas in which it does business. A recent segment discussing corporate monopolies on John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight“ hilariously referenced Bing as the dominant search engine with …
Read More »SearchCap: Facebook food ordering, Google Posts automation & machine learning
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 Posts can now be automated with new API supportOct 16, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google My Business API version 4.0 adds new features, including the …
Read More »Target expands voice-commerce relationship with Google to battle Amazon
Google announced nationwide expansion of its Google Express relationship with Target. Users in the Continental US will now be able to buy from Target through the Google Assistant and receive Google Express delivery. The voice-commerce relationship extends to Google Home devices. Features and capabilities are nearly identical to those announced in …
Read More »Google now has 50M Local Guides adding content to Google Maps and Search
Google hosted its second Local Guides Summit for the people who contribute content about businesses in their local areas to Google Maps and Search earlier this week. It brought together 150 top contributors from 62 countries to the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2016, there were 75 attendees from 37 countries. …
Read More »Oculus looks to improve VR app discovery with content-based search
Stefano Tinti / Shutterstock.com Oculus is giving developers more options for getting their virtual reality apps in front of the right people. Oculus plans to roll out content-based app search for Gear VR “soon,” said Oculus product manager Florence Koskas during a session at the company’s annual developer conference on …
Read More »The nitty-gritty paid search account health check: Part 1
Maybe you’re looking for ways to improve your paid search account, or maybe you’re looking at your agency’s newest prospect with fresh eyes. It could be that performance seems to be off lately, or maybe you’re just looking for some new testing ideas. Whatever your reasons, auditing even the most …
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