In less than five months, policymakers from around the world will gather in Paris to finalize a new global agreement on combating climate change. Already, many governments are putting forth ambitious emissions reduction goals. And companies are taking action, too,Read more…
Through the Google lens: Search trends July 17-24
Anyone up for a look back at the last week on Google Search? We are! Read on to find out what the world was looking for this week. Bad BloodPhew, where to start with this one. Taylor Swift and NickiRead more…
Five ways we’re celebrating the Special Olympics and #ADA25
“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” -Special Olympics Athlete Oath Standing in Soldier Field in Chicago, 47 years ago, Eunice Shriver kicked off the first Special Olympics in history–1,000 people withRead more…
Update on the Autocomplete API
Google Search provides an autocomplete service that attempts to predict a query before a user finishes typing. For years, a number of developers have integrated the results of autocomplete within their own services using a non-official, non-published API that alsoRead more…
Neon prescription… or rather, New transcription for Google Voice
You may have been there before…open your voicemail transcriptions in Google Voice to find that at times they aren’t completely intelligible. Or, they are humorously intelligible. Either way, they might not have been the message the caller meant to leaveRead more…
Google+: A case study on App Download Interstitials
Many mobile sites use promotional app interstitials to encourage users to download their native mobile apps. For some apps, native can provide richer user experiences, and use features of the device that are currently not easy to access on aRead more…
See the future of video by looking behind you: Introducing 360 degree video ads
Video is already the most effective medium for connecting with consumers thanks to the power of sight, sound and motion. But what if there were a way to let people become even more immersed in your video ads? To helpRead more…
Introducing Manufacturer Center – a tool to help brand manufacturers provide authoritative product information to online shoppers
With more than 100 billion searches per month, Google answers a significant number of the world’s product and shopping-related queries. And online shoppers expect product information, such as images, descriptions and variants, to be accurate, rich and consistent. Manufacturer productRead more…
Google’s handling of new top level domains
With the coming of many new generic top level domains (gTLDs), we’d like to give some insight into how these are handled in Google’s search. We’ve heard and seen questions and misconceptions about the way we treat new top levelRead more…
Google’s handling of new top level domains
With the coming of many new generic top level domains (gTLDs), we’d like to give some insight into how these are handled in Google’s search. We’ve heard and seen questions and misconceptions about the way we treat new top levelRead more…