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Last week, we reported about a new unconfirmed Google ranking update that is going by the name of Fred. Google has not confirmed this update. In fact, they told us they have no comment at all on this. That being said, I spent the weekend collecting sample URLs of webmasters …

Google’s domination of the US search ad market isn’t letting up. Thanks to mobile in particular, Google will take 77.8 percent of US search ad revenues this year. By next year, for every dollar spent on search advertising in the US, an even eight dimes will go to Google. The …

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 to fix missing data from Search Console analytics report soonMar 13, 2017 by Barry Schwartz No need to panic over the Google Search Analytics report’s …

Google has finally revealed all the details on its upcoming 4K digital whiteboard known as the Jamboard. The device was first unveiled back in October, but Google wasn’t talking about pricing except to say it would be under $6,000. Google now says the Jamboard will come in significantly below that …

Google is marking the Holi 2017 Festival — a Hindu celebration most often observed in India and Nepal — with a Google doodle reflecting a vibrant mix of colors associated with the holiday. The doodle leads to a search for “Holi Festival” and is being displayed on a number of …

Google Search Console has a new bug. Today, it is missing a whole day of data in the Search Analytics report. But you don’t have to worry, it is not anything you’ve done wrong. Google is aware of the issue and is working on fixing it. The day that is …

You may be certain you’re not a robot, but a robot could be programmed to think that. Existential crises aside, determining which users are and are not robots is a complex task for web services. Go too easy and bots could flood in; make the test too hard and users …

On the heels of acquiring data science community Kaggle, Google is launching a machine learning competition of its own for startups. Google is targeting early-stage companies taking an innovative approach to machine learning. The competition is being run in partnership with seven venture capital firms that include Sequoia, KPCB, GV, Data Collective, …

Since yesterday morning, the SEO industry has been watching an unconfirmed Google ranking update that seems to target more of the link quality aspects of the overall algorithm. Many are calling this the Fred Update, a name we’re also adopting. That came from Google’s Gary Illyes, who has jokingly suggested …

Google has rolled a number of new features for GBoard for Android — the keyboard app it originally launched on iOS devices. Android users now will see emoji and GIF suggestions as they type, and they’ll be able to share GIFs in supported apps, including Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Hangouts and …