A simplified Google business listing dashboard is now accessible to admins directly through the ubiquitous Google Search interface. Logged and locked Google business listing administrators can now edit and update their business listings directly from Google Search. If they search for their own business name, the admin will see the search results, but at the …
Google now offers an app signing service via Google Play. This promises to help app developers and administrators if they ever lose their key, or discover it has been compromised. Security issues, somewhat fixed Until now, losing a key meant devs could not update their published apps. Even worse, a compromised app key would mean …
We’ve previously reported that Drive File Stream was being tested with some of G Suite’s early adopter crowd. Well, apparently the beta went well. Now, Google has taken it to global launch stage. New cloud streamers With Drive on the way out, G Suite customers should be on ‘Drive File Stream’ by the end of …
The September release of iOS 11 will see Apple implement a tweak to how certain links display. Stripping AMPs When iOS 11 detects an AMP link in a shared URL, it will strip out the Google-defined data and revert it to a canonical link. So, iOS users will go to the original published source of …
B2B Marketing automation specialists Marketo has become the latest major firm to partner with Google for online services and distribution. Strategy and infrastructure Earlier in 2017, Marketo partnered with Infor, a developer of cloud-based apps for business and industry. That partnership seems to have been a strategic one aimed at providing more holistic market research …
Google Maps and the ubiquitous Google Search are both getting a new feature: a Q&A section that will be appended to listings. Users ask Searching for the location on Google Maps or Search often leads to a local listing. Soon, they’ll each include a Q&A section. At launch, the section will appear at the foot …
Google has released guidance for publishers to steer the internet into a less annoying place, led by better advertising. Avoid the annoyance: pop-ups Number one on the list of annoyances for regular web users is pop-ups ads, accounting for 97% of standards violations for desktop browsers and 54% on mobile. Half of those surveyed said …
Snapchat’s Discover may yet be cloned again, with search-giant Google now coming to the party. Stamp: Google’s visual news If the rumours are true, the new service will let publishers create stories as text, images and video on a series of cards, with users swiping from one to the next. So far, the new service …
Android apps in the Google Play store are now subject to AI-led quality tests, that will contribute to how often they’ll show up in searches. Algorithmic method In the same way that Google search famously ranks websites, the Android app store—Google Play—calculates uses a search and discovery algorithm to rank apps. Recently, that algorithm has …
The Google app—available on both Android and iOS—is getting ‘a new feed experience’, but it’s less a Facebook clone than you might first expect. First feeds Google has been tentatively pushing the appeal of its customised feed capability since December 2016. Back then, they claimed that ‘the more you use Google, the more tailored and …