Posts Tagged ‘ Google: Web Search ’

Google testing image thumbnails in mobile search results again

Posted on: August 21, 2016 by in SEO
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AmsStudio / Shutterstock.com Google is testing showing image thumbnails in the mobile search results again. They did this back in December 2014, and we know Google is constantly testing user interfaces, so this should come as no surprise. Dan Smullen shared a screen shot with us on Twitter showing this off. We can personally not replicate this, but here is that screen shot: We have emailed Google for a comment about this, but we suspect it will be the line about Google constantly testing and Continue Reading ...

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Google removes special presidential candidates box that omitted Trump

Posted on: July 27, 2016 by in SEO
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Just up to a couple hours ago, a search for [presidential candidates] in Google did not return the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, in the list. Instead it showed Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders from the Democratic party and Jill Stein from the Green Party. It omitted Donald Trump from the Republican party. Here is a screen shot I captured at 8:15am ET this morning. We have reached out to Google about this a few hours ago, but have still not heard back about this glaring omission. One SEO Continue Reading ...

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Google to launch new voter registration search tools & live-stream conventions on YouTube

Posted on: July 18, 2016 by in SEO
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Google announced today it would be launching new voter registration search tools this coming Monday, July 18. According to the post on Google’s official blog, searches for [register to vote] and similar queries will deliver a “detailed state-by-state guide” covering how to register, general requirements to vote, and registration deadlines. While the new voter registration search tools are not live yet, Google shared the following image demonstrating how they work: In addition to the new Continue Reading ...

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Report: EU responding to Google antitrust search-quality defense with new objections

Posted on: July 11, 2016 by in SEO
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According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, regulators at the European Commission (EC) are preparing a “supplementary statement of objections” in the existing shopping search antitrust matter. The EC filed the original “statement of objections” (formal antitrust charges) regarding Google’s alleged abuse of market power in early 2015. While the EC focused exclusively on shopping search in the original charges, it is widely expected that shopping is a kind of template for other Continue Reading ...

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Google: Autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause

Posted on: June 12, 2016 by in SEO
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Google has denied claims surfacing today that the company manipulated its autocomplete search suggestions in favor of Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. Google’s communications team issued this statement today: “Google Autocomplete does not favor any candidate or cause. Claims to the contrary simply misunderstand how Autocomplete works. Our Autocomplete algorithm will not show a predicted query that is offensive or disparaging when displayed in conjunction with a Continue Reading ...

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Google says it’s not deliberately filtering “Crooked Hillary” suggested search to favor Clinton

Posted on: June 4, 2016 by in SEO
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Type “lying” into Google, and it will suggest “Lying Ted,” the moniker US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump placed on his once-rival Ted Cruz. But type “crooked” into Google, and it doesn’t bring up the “Crooked Hillary” label that Trump has attached to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. What’s going on? It’s not because Google has done anything deliberate to favor Clinton, either through automated or manual means, the company told Search Engine Land. It Continue Reading ...

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