With the New Year now underway, we’d like to offer some best practices and advice we hope will lead publishers to more success within Google News in 2019. General advice There is a lot of helpful information to consider within the Google News Publisher Help Center. Be sure to have read the material in this […]
Have you ever tried to search for some data online when you were multitasking and couldn’t type the text? It would be quite challenging without the opportunity to conduct voice search. According to PWC report, 71% of respondents would rather use their voice assistant to search for something than physically typing their queries. And what’s
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It’s been two years since we started working on “mobile-first indexing” – crawling the web with smartphone Googlebot, similar to how most users access it. We’ve seen websites across the world embrace the mobile web, making fantastic websites that work on all kinds of devices. There’s still a lot to do, but today, we’re happy
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Over the past few years, it’s become easier than ever to stream live videos online, from celebrity updates to special events. But it’s not always easy for people to determine which videos are live and know when to tune in. Today, we’re introducing new tools to help more people discover your livestreams in Search and
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People come to Google seeking information about all kinds of questions. Frequently, the information they’re looking for is on sites where users ask and answer each other’s questions. Popular social news sites, expert forums, and help and support message boards are all examples of this pattern. A screenshot of an example search result for a
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In a recent post I explored why content has never had to work harder to reach audiences – how, when, and where they want to experience it. Here I look at how publishers and content owners can get more mileage from their content by using the right architecture and tools to reach more devices. Write
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Google’s Panda and Penguin updates get quite a bit of press. In spite of this, it was really Hummingbird, released nearly five years ago, that turned search on its ear. It marked the beginning of Google’s efforts to parse intent. Through natural language processing, the update enabled Google to begin to understand user intent. This
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Since launching the Google Assistant in 2016, we have seen users ask questions about everything from weather to recipes and news. In order to fulfill news queries with results people can count on, we collaborated on a new schema.org structured data specification called speakable for eligible publishers to mark up sections of a news article
Last June we launched a job search experience that has since connected tens of millions of job seekers around the world with relevant job opportunities from third party providers across the web. Timely indexing of new job content is critical because many jobs are filled relatively quickly. Removal of expired postings is important because nothing’s
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With the eleventh annual Google I/O wrapped up, it’s a great time to reflect on some of the highlights. What we did at I/O The event was a wonderful way to meet many great people from various communities across the globe, exchange ideas, and gather feedback. Besides many great web sessions, codelabs, and office hours
