Searching With Google Glass

For any of you who follow me on various social media, you've probably already seen my announcement about JewGlass, the first Google Glass app for the Jewish community. Last night we pushed it live to the public.

What does it do? Well, it sends the Glass user subtle Jewish religious reminders relevant to the time and location of the user. So it will remind you when to pray, show you nearby synagogues, help you find a kosher place to eat and even know if you are in a synagogue and show you what prayers to say or not to say.

Google's Chief Architect of Google+, Yonatan Zunger picked up on my announcement of the app.

Source: seroundtable.com

AdWords Editor Update Brings Upgraded Sitelink Management And More

Google released an update to AdWords Editor, version 10.2, that supports upgraded sitelink management and several other smaller feature updates.

Apparently now dubbed upgraded sitelinks, these new sitelinks rolled out in June just prior to the enhanced campaign roll-out. They give advertisers the ability to include additional details for each sitelink. So far, they’ve been spotted on brand queries only, but perhaps this is a sign they’ll start to display more frequently on nonbrand results.

The new sitelink functions available in Editor 10.2 include:

• View and manage sitelinks and settings, including device preference, using the new “Sitelinks (upgraded)” tab.
• Add, edit, or remove sitelinks at the campaign or ad group level.
• Copy and paste upgraded sitelinks between campaigns or ad groups.
• Include upgraded sitelinks in imports and exports.

Other updates to Editor include an increased image file size limit of 150K. URLs on sitelinks and some ads can have destination URLs as long as 2,076 characters (up from 1,024). You can now enter URLs with the {ifmobile}{ifnotmobile} dynamic insertion format for sitelinks and ads where applicable. Accelerated delivery also is now allowed for campaigns using automatic bidding.

Google also announced this week that all legacy extensions — sitelink, call, and app extensions – must be transitioned to enhanced by September 23. After that date, Google will automatically update all legacy extensions in an account, or delete any legacy extensions in an account that already has some upgraded extensions set up.

Source: seroundtable.com

Images Being Tested By Google AdSense

Over eight years ago, Google AdSense tested showing favicons in AdSense ads - little graphics next to the title of the AdSense ad unit. Now it seems Google is testing it yet again.
A WebmasterWorld thread has a couple publishers noticing this. In fact, one posted a picture of this in action.

This time, instead of the favicon being next to the title, it is next to the URL.

I personally did not see this but it wouldn't surprise me if Google is testing this.

Source: seroundtable.com