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In March, Google introduced its own parental control software for parents of kids with Android devices called Family Link – but there was a bit of a catch. In order for the system to work, it required that both parent and child use Android. That has now changed, as the …

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google easter eggs on logo: Source: Instagram Google bird nest room? …

In a very nice update, users can now use the same email to access multiple Google Merchant Center (GMC) accounts. GMC users may have already noticed an update about the change in their accounts, and Google Advertisers Community Manager CassieH posted a notice about it on Tuesday. Per the Help …

Google has announced a new feature within Google image search to find “style ideas” based on image searches you do for various articles. The new feature is very similar to a feature they launched earlier this week, named “similar items,” that shows similar styles and items based on the image …

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 image search adds ‘style ideas’ after ‘similar items’ goes liveApr 14, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Google says with the new image search feature, they can …

Google is getting into the restaurant delivery and home services businesses – nope, not in the U.S., but rather in parts of India. The company has quietly launched a new app called Areo which currently only works in Bangalore and Mumbai, India, allowing users to order meals from nearby restaurants or schedule …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 1,000 ways to redirectApr 13, 2017 by Patrick Stox What’s in a redirect? Columnist Patrick Stox provides a primer on redirects, showing why this critical technical …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 hot trends in advanced analyticsApr 11, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot Marketing data is everywhere. With so many new consumer touchpoints – from chatbots, to …

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 …