Google is testing Web Guide in Search Labs. Web Guide is an AI-powered feature that groups search results by topic in the Web tab. The system uses Gemini and a “query fan-out” method to reorganize ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. Ashwin Nagappa receives funding ...

Google explains how long it typically takes for SEO changes to show results, and the importance of monitoring the effects of the changes. Some SEOs like to make blanket statements that SEO is all ...

Google is moving towards inputting even more AI technology into its search engine backend. The company has already pushed out AI Overviews, which are meant to provide a summarized answer to any ...

Google wasn’t around for the advent of the World Wide Web, but it successfully remade the web on its own terms. Today, any website that wants to be findable has to play by Google’s rules, and after ...

Google AI Mode is available in over 200 countries. This is big news for search. Unlike traditional search, Google’s AI mode handles complex, nuanced searches in natural language as well as image-led ...

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Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity are shaking up the world of search — and putting pressure on Google’s dominance. In this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw speaks with ...

For years, Windows users have relied on a mix of search tools – File Explorer for documents, Google Drive for cloud storage, and of course the browser for web queries. Now, Google is trying to ...