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Reddit is denying a report it will block search engines and require users to log in to interact with the platform. Reddit has been working to monetize its platform, most notably charging for API access. Company execs have called out AI firms for using Reddit to train their...

In the larger context of Google and now Bing’s Mobile Friendly algorithm updates comes a new consumer survey from SEO firm BrightLocal. The data show overall that consumer expectations of mobile sites, even for local business owners, have grown significantly since 2013. While...

Google and Ask each drop 1/10 of a percentage point in comScore’s monthly rankings of the domestic search market. For the second consecutive month, there was little change in comScore’s US desktop search engine rankings. Google, still the overwhelming leader with 64% of the...

Updates are aimed at improving app install outcomes. Mobile usage has accelerated during COVID-19 restrictions, says Google. On Wednesday it announced a test that connects feeds to App campaigns and will expand deep linking to more ad formats, expand deep linking and provide more...

Udi Manber, a longtime Google search executive, has been shifted over to YouTube where he’ll lead search efforts on Google’s super-popular video sharing/viewing website. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal in an article about executive changes at YouTube. A...

Seasonality and advertisers’ reluctance to put budgets toward Gemini due to limited capabilities suppressed overall growth, report finds. Search spend growth in the US slowed for the second consecutive quarter in the 3Q15, according to IgnitionOne’s latest digital marketing...

Search Engine Land founding editor Danny Sullivan looks at how search has changed over the two decades he’s been writing about it. Today is my 20th anniversary of covering search and search engines. To mark the occasion, I wanted to reflect on some of the big changes th...

Adobe has unveiled Project Fast Fill, an effort to leverage the power of generative AI to edit and manipulate videos. Video editing is far more difficult than standard image editing, but Adobe believes generative AI is the key. The company unveiled its Project Fast Fill at its...

Voice assistant offers basic business information via audio, additional details in its mobile app. From Siri to Google Now and Cortana, local search has always been a killer use case for search/personal assistant technology. And now Amazon’s Echo is playing in that space, too....

A look back, and ahead, at Microsoft’s search business. Ten years ago today, Microsoft launched Bing. A decade in, Bing’s evolution looks different depending on your perspective. After investing billions, Bing’s market share is still small, but Microsoft has stayed...