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Google Antitrust Ruling Sparks Debate Among Online Publishers and SEO Experts
August 21, 2024

After a landmark antitrust ruling against Google, online publications face a pivotal decision: whether to allow the tech giant to use their content for AI-generated search answers. The court’s decision thrust publishers into this choice, which could reshape the digital content landscape and the economics...

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Google Updates AI Overviews With More Prominent Links, Expanded Availability
August 15, 2024

Google has made some updates to AI Overviews, displaying relevant links more prominently and expanding the feature to six more countries. These changes will make it easier for users to discover content from publishers, businesses and creators, the company said in a Thursday (Aug. 15)...

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Google Unveils New Gemini Live AI-Powered Assistant for Mobile Devices
August 13, 2024

Google unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant for use on mobile devices. The new Gemini Live became available in English to Gemini Advanced subscribers on Android phones on Tuesday (Aug. 13) and will be expanded to iOS devices and more languages in the coming weeks, the company...

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Google Ramps Up Smartphone Push With Latest Pixel Devices
August 12, 2024

Google will reportedly make a more aggressive push into consumer devices with the upcoming launch of its latest Pixel smartphones. The company signaled this effort by moving up the launch of the phone from October to August, scheduling it before the debut of the next iPhone...

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Unpacking Google’s Week: Antitrust Ruling and Targeting Minors With Meta
August 09, 2024

Alphabet’s Gmail email service, the world’s largest free email provider, was down Thursday (Aug 8). But the multi-hour disruption was merely the latest — and potentially the smallest — of a series of developments this week that have cast a shadow over Google’s operations along...

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Wix Becomes First Google Partner Offering Gemini for Workspace
August 05, 2024

Software-as-a-Service platform Wix has begun offering its customers access to Google’s Gemini for Workspace artificial intelligence (AI) tool. “Over the last decade, Wix augmented their website building solution with the best online tools from Google — search, advertising, maps and productivity,”  Yuval Dvir, senior director...

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Google to Move Retailers to New AI-Driven Merchant Platform
July 24, 2024

Google is moving all retailers to a new version of its Merchant Center. The change should happen by September, the tech giant wrote on its blog Wednesday (July 24), giving merchants “plenty of time to get acclimated and start benefiting from the updates before the...

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B2B Marketers Avoid ‘Cookiepocalypse’ as Google Reverses Third-Party Data Plans
July 24, 2024

Google’s years-long effort to remove third-party cookies on Chrome was once termed the “Cookiepocalypse.” Third-party cookies are small data files that track users across various websites, and have been a cornerstone of digital marketing campaigns and inbound and outbound sales. These cookies have enabled businesses...

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British Regulators Monitoring Google’s Decision to Continue Allowing Third-Party Cookies
July 23, 2024

British regulators are reportedly monitoring Google and the digital advertising industry after the tech giant said Monday (July 22) that it will continue to allow cookies in its Chrome browser, while allowing users to turn them on or off. Google had pledged in 2020 to...