Свежие новости и отзывы о Google

Google has left no stones unturned in pushing Apple to adopt the Rich Communication Services (RCS) that the search giant argues will improve cross-platform communication. With little to no luck so far, Google is marching ahead with things that are within its power: Supercharging its RCS client Messages on Android with new features to make lives […] Google Messages adds reaction support for iPhone texts and in-app reminders by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google начал выкатывать обновление алгоритма борьбы со спамом... →

It has been 11 months since the last time Google released a spam update and now Google announced the October 2022 spam update. Google said this update will take several days to complete and is a global update.... →

Google's John Mueller confirmed that Google Search is working on an issue with some favicons not showing up properly in Google Search. The issue has been ongoing for weeks, well before the new site name and favicon release was announced, by the way.... →

Google seems to be grouping photos together by category for some business profile local panels. So if there are several photos of the location's bathroom, Google will group those together and show how many photos they have of that category.... →

Google seems to be testing a new local finder for local queries that trigger the local pack. Andy Simpson spotted this and posted some screencasts and screenshots on Twitter.... →

There have been some complaints about using Performance Max with Google Ads with lead generation sites. The concern is that many or some of the leads end up being invalid. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said Google is "working to address concerns about invalid leads and are increasing investment in preventable measures."... →

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Five years after Google released the first version of Android Go, its mobile operating system for entry-level devices, the program has now crossed the mark of 250 million monthly active devices. Last December, Google announced the milestone of 200 million Android Go monthly active users. So manufacturers have shipped more than 50 million lightweight Android […] Google’s Android Go for entry-level phones is now on 250 million devices by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Following the launch of Apple’s iOS 16 update, Google’s YouTube Music becomes the latest to introduce an iOS 16 Lock Screen widget. “Recently Played” can be added to a user’s lock screen to quickly access recently played songs, albums, playlists and videos. There is a 2×1 widget that features the name of the song, album, […] YouTube Music rolls out iOS 16 lock screen widget ‘Recently Played’ by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Michael Kerr spotted a new Google Ads test that lets you click a button to turn on broad match keywords across your whole domain. That set fear into the ads community where they thought Google might do away with match types completely. Google clarified this is a limited test and match types are not going away.... →

Google Ads announced three new reporting columns including results, results value and conversion goals columns. Google said these columns are available on the Campaigns page for tables and charts, as well as in custom reporting pages like the Report Editor or Custom dashboards and at the manager account level.... →

Google is now showing a "trending now" box in the search results for shopping and product-related queries. This was announced back at Search On and now seems to be slowly rolling out.... →

Google seems to be testing a new local feature that has a section named "preview this place." This shows an image carousel from the local business profile of that business in search.... →

I spotted this interesting statement from Google's John Mueller on Twitter the other day. He said "In my 15 years at Google, I haven't run across a site whose ranking is secretly being controlled by outsiders. I couldn't imagine that being the case."... →

After ignoring the app experience on Android tablets for years, Google appears increasingly focused on turning things around. Earlier this year, the search giant introduced Android 12L, which brought an improved interface and multitasking experience to tablets and foldable. At the developer conference Google IO in May, it promised to finetune over 20 of its […] Google is finally making Chrome tablet-friendly by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

As if it weren’t enough to have AI tanning humanity’s hide (figuratively for now) at every board game in existence, Google AI has got one working to destroy us all at ping pong as well. For now they emphasize it’s “cooperative” but at the rate these things improve, it will be taking on pros in […] Watch Google’s ping pong robot pull off a 340-hit rally by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

In December 2021, a vulnerability in a widely used logging library that had gone unfixed since 2013 caused a full-blown security meltdown.  The 10/10-rated Log4Shell flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere, from online games to enterprise software and cloud data centers, claimed numerous victims from Adobe and Cloudflare to […] Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Businesses usually plot their growth strategies on spreadsheets, but Drivetrain wants to provide a faster alternative for financial planning and decision making. The startup, which calls itself “Google Maps for business growth,” announced today that it has raised $15 million from Elevation Capital, Jungle Ventures and Venture Highway, plus 25 angel investors. One of Drivetrain’s […] Drivetrain is the “Google Maps for business growth” by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

An individual chat support representative at GoDaddy told a knowledgeable SEO that adding Google AdSense and/or Google Analytics help with getting your content indexed by Google. John Mueller of Google said that was not true, and that someone should communicate that to the GoDaddy rep.... →