This Huge Change is Coming to Election-Related Autocomplete Search Suggestions
by Autocomplete search suggestions have long been criticized, especially leading up to big elections, but there’s a really big change coming…
Category: Search
Google Chrome will Start Applying Labels to Certain Websites (If they Meet these Two Criteria)
by Google Chrome will soon start alerting people to the quality of a site and its page load speed with new labels…
Google’s Mobile-First Search Index won’t Roll Out in September as Planned, Delays It until March 2021
by Google’s mobile-first search indexing initiative will not go live this fall as previously planned, and is now set to roll out in late March of 2021…
Google Introduces a WordPress Plugin for Web Stories with Beta Build
Google has rolled out a new WordPress plugin in a beta version to create Web Stories, a search version of the popular social media format…
Voice Usage has Either Flattened or Declined, New Study Concludes
New data reveals voice use is on an even plane or on the decline in 2020, but this trend is likely to change in the future…
Google Now Auto-Deletes both Search and Location Histories — but Not Exactly for Everyone
Google will no longer keep users’ location and search histories indefinitely, and will automatically wipe out this information, but only for new accounts…
Google Says it will Indeed Pay News Publishers for Content and Even Absorb Paywall Costs
Google has announced it will pay to license “high quality” news content from publishers and will also subsidize website paywall costs…
Google’s Chrome Browser might soon Require Less Memory (at Least for Some Windows 10 Users)
by According to a recent confirmation by a Google engineer, the company’s Chrome browser will not demand as much memory in the near future…
Google Search Now Highlights the Most Relevant Text in Featured Snippets
Google is rolling out a new way to display relevant information inside Featured Snippets by highlighting the key points in yellow…
Microsoft is Adding a New Sidebar Search Feature and Bringing Pinterest Integration into its Edge Browser
Microsoft is about to add two new tools to its Edge internet browser — a sidebar search option and integration with social site Pinterest…
Whoops! LinkedIn’s Website Temporarily Disappeared from Google Search
For a short time this week, the premier professional networking site, LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, temporarily dropped out of Google search…
Google Search Now Points People to YouTube Music when They Search for Entertainers
Google search is now leading people to YouTube Music for artist queries, in an increased effort to highlight the relatively new streaming service…
Microsoft’s Shameless Self-Promotion Habit Returns, This Time, Targeting Outlook Users
Microsoft is now prompting its Outlook users to switch over to its Edge browser, in another attempt to grab more market share…
Google Floated an Idea to Tip Websites, then Tanked the Initiative
Google was previously working on launching a website tipping option but backed away from the tool’s development before finishing it…
Google Now Requires All Advertisers — Not just Political Organizations — to Prove Who They Say They Are
Google has announced it will mandate all advertisers to prove their identities, a practice previously limited to political organizations…
Australia is About to Force Google and Facebook to Pay for News Content through a New Mandate
The government of Australia plans to make internet giants Facebook and Google pay for news content through a coming mandate…