Here is an interesting Google statue from the Google Brazil office. It shows a Google bag icon in the form of a statue. I found this on Instagram. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we find fun and interesting photos related to the search industry and share…
In the realm of human-computer interaction (HCI), dialogue stands out as the most natural form of communication. The advent of speech language models (SLMs) has significantly enhanced speech-based conversational AI, yet these models remain constrained to turn-based interactions, limiting their applicability in real-time scenarios. This gap in real-time interaction presents a significant challenge, particularly…
After testing three different formats for links within the Google Search Generative Experience and then pausing that test a few weeks later, Google has officially decided to go with the arrow-down buttons that reveal links to web pages as cards. Google was actually testing this format shortly after the link test ended, so I guess…
Meta’s ad revenue increased by 12% in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the year-earlier period, surpassing expectations. Advertising revenue for Q2 2023 was $31.5 billion compared to $28.2 billion in the same period in 2022. This success helped drive total Meta revenue to grow 11% year-on-year from $28.8 billion in Q2 2022 to…
Google’s August 2024 core update is now done rolling out, a Google spokesperson told us. It started on August 15, 2024 and completed 19 days later on September 3, 2024. This update caused a lot of ranking movement and changes to the overall Google Search results. As we said before, this update is not just a normal…
In order to train more powerful large language models, researchers use vast dataset collections that blend diverse data from thousands of web sources. But as these datasets are combined and recombined into multiple collections, important information about their origins and restrictions on how they can be used are often lost or confounded in the…
Google Ads is inviting select customers to join its Advisors Community, offering a rare chance to directly influence its products and services. Why it matters. This move signals Google’s push for more customer-centric product development, potentially shaping the future of digital advertising. Why we care. Advertisers have seen many updates to Google products that have…
On Feb. 12, the Division of Student Life and MIT lost a valued community member. Ken Johnson Jr., director of communications, promotions, and marketing in the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER), passed away following complications from a stroke. He was 47 years old. Johnson’s sports information career spanned 25 years. Prior…
LinkedIn released a new guide detailing actionable steps and tactics you can take now to maximize campaign performance in the absence of third-party cookies. Amid regulatory changes and reduced identifiers, the playbook offers advice on how to meet the demand for personalized ad experiences in a cookieless world. Why we care. As the deprecation of…
It is widely recognized that artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in recent years, leading to remarkable achievements and breakthrough outcomes. However, it is not true that AI can attain equally impressive results across all tasks. For instance, while AI can surpass human performance in certain visual tasks, such as facial recognition, it can…
