Users of Google’s Android Auto in-car platform are set to get new features and an upgraded design, as the tech giant makes the platform easier to use. Android Auto, which brings your phone apps to your in-car display, has been around since 2015, following the launch of Apple’s system Car Play, and it has evolved since then. Google announced it would update Android Auto at its I/O conference, but CES has provided a bit more detail about what that will mean. The new updates will make it… Source link
Read More »Google On Using AI & ChatGPT For Title Tag Ideas
Google’s John Mueller said on Mastodon that using AI or ChatGPT blindly for title tag generation is not a great idea. But he added that if you are running out of ideas and need inspiration, you can leverage the tools for some ideas. John wrote, “I don’t know if AI is the right approach to making titles & descriptions, but if you’re running out of ideas, and especially if you see pages showing up in search for the wrong terms, it seems like a good way to get inspiration, or to try new… Source link
Read More »Google Answers How Long It Takes To Recover From Algorithmic Penalty
In a recent Google SEO office-hours Google answered the question as to how long it takes to recover from an algorithmic penalty that arose from content quality issues. Google’s new office-hours format doesn’t allow for follow-up questions, resulting in answers that lacks nuance and are less helpful than the old format where the Googler can ask clarifying questions. For example, we have no idea if the “algorithmic penalty” that is referenced in the question means that the site… Source link
Read More »TikTok Spied on Journalists and ChatGPT is Challenging Google
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Read More »With Bing and ChatGPT, Google Faces First Real Competition in 20 Years
Microsoft put $1 billion in OpenAI, which built ChatGPT, and plans to integrate ChatGPT into Bing. Bing has not come close to touching Google’s search dominance since it was launched in 2009. Many have said Google Search has stagnated, and competition from Bing and ChatGPT might change that. … Source link
Read More »With Bing and ChatGPT, Google Faces First Real Competition in 20 Years
Microsoft put $1 billion in OpenAI, which built ChatGPT, and plans to integrate ChatGPT into Bing. Bing has not come close to touching Google’s search dominance since it was launched in 2009. Many have said Google Search has stagnated, and competition from Bing and ChatGPT might change that. … Source link
Read More »Google and Spotify Cooking Up a Couple of Sweet Audio Ideas
Controlling media on your Android phone has certainly turned into a much improved experience over the years. We now have a fancy media player in the notification shade, controls over what our volume buttons do, and easier ways to switch between devices. This week, Google teased a couple of new ideas it is working on with Spotify and another that they’ve tapped-in YouTube Music for as well, both of which we’ll be happy to see arrive. The first is in collaboration with Spotify,… Source link
Read More »Whatever happened to Google Search?
Google Search was once one of the wonders of the online world. Its clean, organised pages of results filtered the otherwise unmanageable slog of information on the internet. That was until it became cluttered with adverts. Now the world’s biggest search engine is less encyclopedia, more Yellow Pages. Look up a search term that can also be a product — asthma inhalers, for example — and you will need to scroll past up to four large adverts before reaching non-sponsored results…. Source link
Read More »At CES 2023, Google showed up as an automotive company
In recent years, Google has used CES as a platform to showcase its vision of “Better Together” — the idea that all devices should play nice with each other. Typically, that means it makes announcements around features like Fast Pair and expansion of Cast compatibility to more third-party products. At CES 2023, the company shared that it’s working with Spotify to integrate the Connect streaming tool into the Android UI. It also teased a preview of an audio handoff feature that would suggest… Source link
Read More »At CES 2023, Google showed up as an automotive company
In recent years, Google has used CES as a platform to showcase its vision of “Better Together” — the idea that all devices should play nice with each other. Typically, that means it makes announcements around features like Fast Pair and expansion of Cast compatibility to more third-party products. At CES 2023, the company shared that it’s working with Spotify to integrate the Connect streaming tool into the Android UI. It also teased a preview of an audio handoff feature that would suggest… Source link
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