Google Wants To Make Spam Reporting Easier; Let Them Know How
Yesterday afternoon, the Google Webmaster channel posted on Google+ a request for webmasters to give feedback on the Google spam report process. They said…
Google Manipulating Hillary Clinton’s Search Completions?
I hate politics because we always have people come in and claim how Google is taking sides one way or another…
Google Home Page Testing Gray Background
Ruben Gomez spotted another test, this one is from Google, he posted about it on Twitter and called it material design for desktop. It looks like the card…
New Mobile Interface For Google’s “People Also Search For”
Google seems to be testing or launching a new look for the “People Also Search For” feature that helps searchers expand their search queries.
This was spotted by several folks including Matt Navarra and Dan Barker on Twitter…
Google 2016 Gay Pride Search Results Design
If you search on Google for [gay] or [pride 2016] or any of those combinations…
Google Now On Tap Adds Specific Text Areas, Photos & Camera
Google Now On Tap has been updated for Android. Google Now On Tap launched last year as a way to do search from anywhere on your Android phone.
Well, now it got even better…
Google Disables What’s On TV Voice Command For Now
There are several threads at the Google Web Search Forums where searchers are complaining that the voice command on Google for “What’s On TV” is now working…
Google Responds To Searchers Who Want To Disable AMP In Search
Over the past few months since AMP has been more visible on Google’s mobile search results and other places, more and more have been asking in the Google Webmaster Help forums about how they can disable it from showing up as a searcher…
Google Voice Search Results Can Be Mobile & Desktop
A while back, Wolf of SEO, posted on Twitter asking are Google voice search results not impacted by the “non-mobile” friendly sites algorithm? He said he…
Now Live: Image Thumbnail In Google Food Search Results
Many people, including myself, are now seeing Google showing image thumbnails in the core web search results for searches on food related items. Google was testing this a few months ago and even before that…
Screen Shots: Google Trips App Now Being Beta Tested
A few days ago, Google sent an email to some of their local guides about testing a new beta version of the Google Trips Android app. The email said “be the first to try Google’s new app for travelers…
Google Handles Trillions Of Searches Per Year
The biggest news item out of yesterday’s Google Performance Summit is that they said they handle trillions of searches per year. The last time Google gave any figure on their search volume was in 2012 when they said 1.2 trillion in 2012…
You Can Download As PDF Google Medical Knowledge Cards
I don’t think this is brand new, maybe a month or so old, but now you can download the medical/health knowledge cards on Google as a PDF. Yes, you can print out the information and I guess give it to your doctor. Update: After researching more…
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Google Explains The Larger Widths & Spacing In Google Is An Experiment Only
There are some people reporting that the larger widths in the Google search results we’ve been seeing Google testing since earlier this month is live for all. Truth is, it is not, it is just a test, an experiment…
Google Testing Shadow Effect On Star For Local Reviews
Brian Barwig spotted a subtle test in the Google search results where Google was adding a shaded…
Google Testing Card Snippets On Desktop Search Results
Google is once again testing the card based user interface for the search results snippets page. Google actually launched this interface back in 2013 and shortly replaced it after much testing. But now Google is testing it again…
Of Google’s 100 Billion Queries Per Month, Over 10 Billion Are Voice Queries
One of the statistics that everyone is talking about from the Google I/O keynote is that Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, said that 20% of mobile queries on Google are voice triggered…
Google I/O 2016: Quick Recap
As you know, Google I/O is now, the keynote was yesterday and the theme to sum it up is around talking to Google and Google giving you the answers and completing the tasks you asked for…
Google’s New BMI Calculator
If you go to Google and search for [bmi calculator] you will find a new interactive answer box at the top that let’s you enter in your weight and height…
Google Now Lets You Search Using Emojis
Back in October 2014, we reported that Google was unable to accept emojis to search, so if you searched using an Apple Emoji [Apple] Google would show no results found. Well, now Google can search using emojis…