Google excels at creating internet apps and services that users absolutely love. The best part about it is that the vast majority of Google apps are available for free to anyone with a computer or a phone. But that’s also the worst part about it. Google customers do pay for the apps they use for …
Google tracks everything you do online and uses that data to serve personalized ads. That’s why most of its apps and services are offered to people free of charge; it’s a tradeoff that many people appreciate. Despite the nature of its services though, Google has taken various steps in recent years to improve user privacy …
Searching the web for answers is something we all take for granted. Whether it’s on a smartphone, tablet, or personal computer, and whether you type your query in or use your voice, search is the paradigm for accessing the internet. We know what we need is out there, so we search for it. That’s how …
Most businesses are familiar with the specialized industry that has arisen around how to get their listings more prominently displayed in Google Search rankings, with the mysterious algorithms and the arcane language associated with SEO and keywords that all that work entails. For many of those entrepreneurs, it’s a little like turning the key in …
Google is piloting a new feature for its mobile Search apps, a Short Videos carousel that would surface Instagram and TikTok videos relevant to the user’s searches. The goal of the feature is to keep users inside the Search app on Android and iPhone for a longer time. The Short Videos section would let users …
Google Search is blocking some autocomplete suggestions that could contain misinformation and impact the November election. Blocking these autocomplete queries won’t prevent a user from completing the full search they want. However, a Google executive said Thursday that this change could inadvertently block “benign” search queries from being shown via autocomplete. Long a favorite target …
Google Search is making it easier for TV viewers interested in pro sports games and in live TV content to figure out what to watch next. Google Search is rolling out new tools for TV viewers that include carousels of live content from cable and broadcast providers. Google Search is also giving sports fans live …
All of us are streaming TV and movies more than ever these days, thanks to coronavirus quarantines that mean everyone is staying at home and hunkering down there as much as possible as the virus continues to spread outside. Google Search has launched a tool, announced on Wednesday, that lets streaming TV and movie fans …
Holi is a two-day “festival of color” that kicks off today and has been celebrated in India for centuries. Google has added a fun, colorful Easter Egg to Google Search today in honor of the festival, and it can be triggered by performing a simple search for “holi.” It will let you splash your screen …
Google may be selling a lot of its own hardware nowadays, but its main moneymaker is Google Search. Even the hardware is practically an avenue that leads to Search, considering plenty of Google’s most recent products are home to an increasingly more sophisticated Google Assistant that also relies on Google’s search tech to answer queries. …
