New Google Feature Would Offer Video Chats With Doctors

According to a report from Engadget.com, Google is trying out a new way to help users diagnose whatever ailments they may be suffering, or, at least, searching. When searching for illness-related symptoms, users would see a “Talk with a doctor now” link within the Google search card….

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Facebook & YouTube Are Top Sites With Content Removed From Google Under “Right To Be Forgotten”

Google is now sharing details about Right To Be Forgotten removals in a new section of its pre-existing Google Transparency Report area. The latest numbers show that Facebook, ProfileEngine.com and Google’s own YouTube are the top three sites to have content taken down through the new…

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SearchCap: Google Reports “Right To Be Forgotten” Totals, Should You Copy SEO Tactics? & More

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Nixed 4,143 Links To YouTube, Groups Under “RTBF” On the heels of our earlier discussion of search-index removal requests under the…

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TopSEOs: “We Have Not Been Banned By Google”

Despite Google apparently dropping two of its domains this week, TopSEOs denies that it has been banned and says it’s in contact with Google to discuss the situation. On Wednesday, Mark Jackson at Vizion Interactive posted that TopSEOs had been deindexed in Google’s search results. Sure…

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Google Upgrades Conversational Search On Its Mobile Apps

Conversational search on Google’s mobile apps got an upgrade today, as the company announced a few new voice commands that are specific to travel planning. Basically, the app is smarter about knowing where you are (at a hotel, for example), letting you complete actions by voice (i.e., making…

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SearchCap: Google Upgrades Its Mobile Apps, US Search Award Winners & Pigeon Rolled Back?

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: U.S. Search Award Winners Announced The second-annual U.S. Search Awards were handed out last night during Pubcon Las Vegas. The awards were presented to agencies…

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SearchCap: Google UX Ranking, Google Bill Reminders & Nokia Here Maps

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Nokia’s Here Maps Come To Android Phones (Sort Of) Nokia’s Here Maps, which power maps on Windows Phones, has released a beta version for Samsung Galaxy Android…

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Google (Now) Beats Siri And Cortana For Direct Answers — Study

Stone Temple Consulting (STC) published a study in which it compared mobile answers to “3086 different queries” on Siri, Google and Cortana to determine how each performed relative to the others. Google was the winner with more direct answers and more complete information. Eric Enge who…

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SearchCap: Google In The News, Bing Movie Carousel & Google PageRank Dead

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Shows What’s Playing At The Movies, In Remake Of Google’s Own Film Carousel Bing has a new way of showing you what’s playing in your local…

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Google Toolbar PageRank Finally & Officially Dead?

In October 2013, Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts implied we would likely not see another Google Toolbar PageRank update before the year end. Well, by accident, Google updated Toolbar PageRank in December 2013. Since then, we have had no Toolbar PageRank updates. Google’s John…

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