Will Digital Assistants Replace Search?
Last week the latest digital assistant,Viv, was demonstrated to the public. Viv was created by the same team that developed Siri and can be solely controlled by voice. During it’s unveiling, a pizza was ordered, toppings added, paid for and delivered all through Viv. This was done without the user ever needing to use search, […]
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Google doubles down on native app experiences with Gboard, Chirp and Translate
Google puts high value in mobile user experience. The truthfulness of that statement can be tracked back as far Google’s first .mobi website 10 years ago, or when it launched the first iteration of its Android operating system in 2008.
Six most interesting search marketing news stories of the week
Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from around the world of search marketing and beyond.
Six fictional search engines we wish existed
There are still so many things that we’d love to be able to search for, which are unfortunately beyond the bounds of what is physically possible. Here are six fictional search engines that we only wish existed.
Smarter digital assistants and the future of search
The dream of an ultimate personal assistant isn’t a farfetched sci-fi fantasy like the interactive computing systems in Star Trek. It’s technology available today already being applied to search engines.
Everything you need to know about natural language search
Search engines like Google, Bing and others are making efforts to bring searching for information in line with everyday conversation with a type … read more
Rob Kerry on the future of search: 2016 and beyond
At the inaugural Ayima Insights digital marketing conference, Ayima co-founder Rob Kerry gave us his insights into how the field of search is currently developing, and what the future may hold in 2016 and beyond.
How to capitalize on Voice Search and the death of the keyboard
As of 2014 we know 55% of teens and 41% of adults use voice search on a daily basis. Now with virtual assistants like Siri, Alexa and voice recognition technology from Shazam and SoundHound, the number of users adopting voice search is only increasing, and the technology for understanding humans is advancing as well.
The Brave New World of SEO: Beyond Websites
We hear it regularly – the death knell tolling for SEO. In the past several years, we’ve been bombarded by a barrage of change in organic search, from Penguin to Panda to Hummingbird, from inbound link penalties to [not provided]. Let’s face it: the only constant in search is…
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Local Voice Search Wars And The Opportunity For Businesses
Since the official inception of mobile voice search with Apple’s launch of Siri in 2011, consumers, search professionals and businesses have watched for the rise of voice search in local. Despite Siri’s initial inadequacies and obvious voice recognition challenges, savvy multitasking…
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Google Glass Diary, Part 3: How Search Works On Google Glass
There are seven voice commands built in to this first “Explorers” edition of Google Glass. Two of those six are search-related: “google…” and “get directions to….” The others are “take a photo,” “record a video,” “send a…
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