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Google easter egg celebrates the 2022 Westminster Dog Show
The latest easter egg in Google Search celebrates the 2022 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, set to begin this weekend.
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Google Discover is facing a major issue: Web Stories plagiarism
Google Discover, which is arguably a key way that people find stories to read on Android, has a major issue with blatant, barely-masked plagiarism in Web Stories.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle app beta enables redesigned Search suggestions UI on Android 13
With Android 13, a revamp of the Pixel Launcher search experience is underway, and one aspect of it is now live with the latest Google app beta.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Discover is getting video ads as new formats come to Search, YouTube Shorts
Google Marketing Live is the company’s annual equivalent of I/O for advertising. The 2022 edition saw Google announce several new shopping and advertising experiences that end users can expect in the coming year, including Discover video ads.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle’s new ‘My Ad Center’ will let you control advertising by topic and brand
Google wants to give you more control over the advertising that appears in Search, the Discover feed, and YouTube with its upcoming “My Ad Center.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle expands on Pixel’s ‘Real Tone’ for skin tones w/ photos filters, open-source library
The Google Pixel lineup has added focus on accurately depicting skin tone colors. At I/O 2022 today, Google is expanding on “Real Tone” with a new set of filters for skin tones in Google Photos as well as an open-source library.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search’s futuristic new tools will be able to identify and filter products in the real world [Video]
Google Search is a powerful tool that harnesses the power of everything Google knows and uses it to give you more information about the world around you. Today at Google I/O 2022, Google has announced an expansion of Lens called “scene exploration” that will let the product “explore” your surroundings, identifying products and even filtering them in real time, as well as more enhancements to multisearch.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Discover feed tests showing like counts for articles [Update: More examples]
In a limited experiment, Google Search has begun showing like counts for articles in the Android app’s Discover feed for some.
Update: Google is continuing to test this feature, with a slightly broader rollout.
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Google Search now lets you request address, phone number, and other personal info removal
Google is expanding what content you can request the removal of in Search to more types of personally identifiable information as part of a policy update. This now covers phone numbers, email addresses, or physical addresses.
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Google Search touts ‘major reductions’ against hacked and gibberish spam in 2021
Google’s annual Webspam Report is here to highlight progress in keeping “spam and malicious content away from Search” over the course of 2021.
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Google re-engineers how cookies work on its sites to add ‘Reject all’ button in Europe
Following regulatory fines this year, Google has announced new consent choice banners for cookies in Europe that most notably feature a “Reject all” button.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search now shows detailed air quality information in three countries [U]
Last year, Google started prominently showing air quality (AQI) data to Nest Hub and other Smart Display users. You can now also search for air quality on Google to get detailed information.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search on desktop tests redesign that puts Images, Video, and more to the left
Google has been spotted testing a new redesign for Search that moves alternate search methods like Google Images over to the left-hand side.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Lens ‘multisearch’ lets you ask questions about photos, now in beta on Android and iOS
One of the most interesting announcements at Google’s Search-focused keynote in September was a big upgrade to Lens that lets you take a photo and ask questions about it. “Multisearch” in Google Lens is now available to beta test on Android and iOS.
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Google Discover tests expanded weather info at top of feed [Update: Sports & stocks]
Google has once again tweaked its signature Discover feed on Android to offer redesigned and expanded weather information at the top.
Update: Sports scores and stock info are also appearing in this same area.
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Following the ongoing removal of Assistant Snapshot on Android, the Google for iOS app looks to be adding a “Notifications” tab.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search will label ‘highly cited’ sources in the Top Stories carousel
To help people evaluate news that appears in Search, Google is adding a “highly cited” label to the Top Stories carousel and other information literacy tips.
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Google pulling the plug on ‘low value’ URL parameters tool next month
Google about to close a tool that’s been available since 2009. The URL parameters tool used by webmasters will officially be discontinued by Google next month, but it’s no huge loss.
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Google says irrelevant Search results have decreased by 50% in recent years
One Google Search critique of late blames targeted SEO content for the declining quality of results. Google today pushed back against that claim by saying Search has “decreased the number of irrelevant results by over 50%” in the last seven years.
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Google adds Mei’s Red Panda from Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ to its collection of 3D animals
After going viral back in 2020, Google has slowly expanded its collection of 3D animals and objects in Search. Now, Google is adding a fun one: a 3D dancing model of Mei’s Red Panda from Pixar’s latest film, Turning Red.
Expand Expanding CloseChrome adding ‘Side search’ panel to make it easier to browse results from Google & more [Updated]
Performing a Google search has become an everyday occurrence for most of us, and now Chrome is working to make it easier to browse your results with a new “Side search” panel.
Update: Google is continuing to expand Chrome’s “Side search” feature by supporting more devices and search engines.
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Court rules in favor of Google after Genius claimed ‘stolen’ lyrics… again [Updated]
In 2019, lyric-website Genius accused Google of ripping off its lyric transcriptions to use in Search even catching Google “red-handed” in the act. Following a court case win in 2020, Google has once again prevailed in court over this matter.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle Search adding new ‘vehicle ads’ format that shows nearby cars for sale
Noting how more people are buying cars online, Google is introducing a vehicle ads format in Search that shows what’s available for purchase nearby.
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Google adds a ‘Twosday’ Easter egg to Search in celebration of the once-in-a-lifetime date
“Twosday” is upon us. February 22, 2022 is a special date on the calendar, because its the one time we’ll see a date that acts as a complete palindrome in our lifetime, and to celebrate “Twosday,” Google has a special Easter egg in Search.
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