The computers of the future will understand natural language and speak back to us, Google has suggested.
At the Google I/O conference, the company rolled out "OK, Google," which is a universal version of the Siri-style of conversational interaction. But instead of being solely on the phone, it will also work on your desktop via Chrome.
Google announced new changes to the AdWords terms and conditions for all countries and territories in the Asian Pacific region except China, Korea, Taiwan and India.
Advertisers will have 45 days to review and accept the new T&C. Your ads will be paused if you fail to accept them within the time period. Affected advertisers will see the new terms and conditions when signing in and can accept the new terms from that page. A full list of countries is here.
According to a research by the National Retail Federation and BIGinsight: Consumer spending is forecast to be up 11 percent this year for Mother's Day, showing an average of $168.94 spent in celebration. The NRF 2013 Mother’s Day consumer spending survey was designed to gauge consumer behavior and shopping trends related to the Mother’s Day holiday.
The survey found 14.1 percent of shoppers this Mother's Day will spend more than $2.3 billion on electronics, up from $1.6 billion last year. Additionally, gift givers will splurge on a special outing, such as brunch or dinner ($3.5 billion), flowers ($2.3 billion), gift cards ($2.0 billion), clothing or clothing accessories ($1.7 billion), and personal service gifts, such as a day at the spa ($1.5 billion).
If you are wondering what the world is watching on YouTube, Now, with the YouTube Trends Map, it will be a matter of few clicks to get regional breakdowns of popular videos, filter videos on the basis of age demographics & gender, and do much more.
Currently, available just for the U.S., The Trends Map will let you know if the video you have shared on Facebook is popular in other parts of the country. Or the new viral video that you have produced has gained traction in the entire country.
A recent report released by the Local Search Association and prepared by comScore, Inc. finds that local search via non-PC devices continues its significant pace of growth, driven by the rapid adoption of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. The continuing shift of mobile usage signals an opportunity for local businesses to evaluate where they devote their online ad spending.
The data argue that there has been zero-percent growth in PC Internet traffic since 2011. At the same time mobile is growing as a percentage of overall traffic to websites. As of Q4, on average, mobile traffic stood at 15 percent. However in particular categories it’s much higher.
Google analytics have rolled out a new update to its analytics adding real-time conversions tracking a new segmentation UI. These new features will let you see how many visitors on your website are converting and against what goals.
Real-Time Conversions shows all of the latest conversion for the last 30 minutes in real-time letting you see your conversions as they happen.
All the goals that are being tracked will be visible on the UI, irrespective of whether there have been any completions in the past half an hour. For rest of the real time reports, you need to click on a specific goal and the report will be automatically segmented. Basic filters are also applied to goals, which will enable you to analyze goal completions from specific location or any other dimension that you are interested in.
Google announced that it is adding app activities to web search results. The feature is tied to the recently launched Google+ Sign-in Platform, which is an online identity management feature that enables users to log into mobile apps and websites with their Google account.
When users search for your app, they often want to go deeper and see what in-app content fellow users find interesting. Soon, when you will search for a site or an application on Google.com, you will see all the popular and aggregate user activities on the right side of the search results. For example; when you will search for Fandango, you will see results of top movies among users. And by clicking on the movie, you will be directed to its page on Fandago.
The feature is rolling out on desktop search over the coming weeks and only with a limited number of apps at first. Launch partners include: Deezer, Fandango, Flixster, Slacker Radio, Songza, SoundCloud and TuneIn.
