Google Assistant takes center stage at I/O, search takes a back seat
Search only mentioned twice in a nearly two-hour keynote that saw a long list of announcements.
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Google voice-enables movie-ticket buying with Fandango
Enhanced capability is likely a preview of many similar Google Assistant integrations to come.
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Google updates recipe markup for Google Search & Google Assistant
Google requires that the recipeIngredient and recipeInstructions properties for recipes work on Google Assistant.
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Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant
While one new study on voice assistants compares the quality of different providers’ answers, the other drills into Google’s data sources for 22 verticals.
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Study: Majority reject ads on smart speakers
Just under 40 percent said they were open to ads if they were “relevant.”
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Voice agents and interfaces will require many new marketing strategies
Marketers are only now getting a glimpse of the many approaches that will be required for the many kinds of voice interactivity.
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Google Assistant sometimes uses AccuWeather when their weather service fails
When Google’s first party responses are not available, Google may ask if you want to use a third-party service.
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Want to target position 0? Here’s what you need to make that happen
Hey Google, how do you become the answer people hear on their voice assistants? Contributor Karen Bone explains how to make that happen by doing your homework on featured snippets.
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Google launches cost-per-sale Shopping Actions, unified shopping program across Search, Assistant & Express
In its answer to Amazon, Google’s new umbrella program will extend existing relationships with retailers and enable universal checkout across platforms and devices.
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Google Lens comes to Android devices through the side door — Google Photos
This indirect rollout of visual search is intriguing but awkward.
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Study: 11 voice search ranking factors analyzed
Some of the findings confirm and some upend conventional wisdom.
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Google Assistant to get multiple new languages, distribution and skills
The Assistant will soon speak 30 languages and be able to offer mobile carrier customer support.
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Google Assistant adds new media capabilities ahead of HomePod release
You can now wake up to a favorite playlist and use voice to pick up where you left off with Netflix shows.
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Survey: People becoming less inhibited about using voice search in public
Texting is the most common use case for voice, and men use voice search more than women, according to new data from Stone Temple Consulting.
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Apple says HomePod is finally coming on February 9, but can it compete?
Apple also said that Siri is now used on more than 500 million devices.
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Study: 80% of Google Home results come from snippets
But they aren’t always the source of answers for Google Home.
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Survey: Smart speaker ownership steals time from smartphones, TV, radio
The study suggests there are about 40 million devices in US homes today.
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Smart speaker sales grew 103% last year
The virtual assistant devices became the fastest selling consumer technology last year, dramatically outpacing wearables and VR.
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SEO trends and Google changes to expect in 2018
Columnist Pratik Dholakiya explores current search trends and speculates on where the industry might be headed in 2018.
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It’s Google Home vs. Amazon Alexa at CES in the battle for the voice ecosystem
Google and Amazon both announce new device partnerships; the Google Assistant will be on new “smart display” devices, more TVs, speakers and in cars.
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