Google buys mobile app design firm Pixate

Google is adding  Pixate (mobile-app development platform) to its suite of services for designers.

Pixate tool allows app developers to create visual prototypes that run on  both Apple and Android devices.

A basic version of the service will be made available free. A version that lets teams collaborate will cost $5 per designer a month, or $50 per designer a year.

Pixate, a startup based in Palo Alto, Calif., counted venture firm Accel Partners and startup accelerator Y Combinator among its investors. It raised $3.8 million in Series A financing in 2013.

Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed in blog posts from Google and Pixate.

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Google Is Hiring An SEO Manager To Improve Its Rankings In Google

On the basis of recent job posting on the Google Careers portal, Google is hiring an SEO manager.

The job listing is for a “Program Manager, Search Engine Optimization.” The description of the job makes it clear that this is about marketing:

As a Program Manager for Technical SEO, you will work with cross-functional teams across Marketing, Sales, Product Development, Engineering and more to help drive organic traffic and business growth. You will take part in website development and optimization, help shape blog and social strategy, improve website code hygiene and define web architecture for international websites.

Google wants to improve its marketing and product pages to drive “organic traffic” to those pages.

The responsibilities include:

• Architect, design, develop and maintain innovative, engaging and informative sites for a worldwide audience.

• Maintain and develop the web code to ensure quality, content and readability by search engines.

• Keep pace with SEO, search engine and internet marketing industry trends and developments and report changes as needed.

• Advise, collaborate with, and synthesize feedback from Marketing, Product and Engineering partners to push for technical SEO best practices.

The qualifications include:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

• 4 years of experience developing websites and applications with SQL, HTML5, and XML.

• 2 years of SEO experience.

• Experience with Google App Engine, Google Custom Search, Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics and experience creating and maintaining project schedules using project management systems.

• Experience working with back-end SEO elements such as .htaccess, robots.txt, metadata and site speed optimization to optimize website performance.

• Experience in quantifying marketing impact and SEO performance and strong understanding of technical SEO (sitemaps, crawl budget, canonicalization, etc.).

• Knowledge of one or more of the following: Java, C/C++, or Python.

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to dig extensively into metrics and analytics.

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Google Search Results, Ads Showing Up on Yahoo

As we all know yahoo was depends on bing (Microsoft-owned) for the search results, But now It is confirmed that yahoo is testing using Google search results. something that’s allowed under its recently renegotiated deal with Microsoft.

Some paid as well as organic search results of Google were spotted on Yahoo this . The CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer
confirmed that It was a test and also confirmed that Yahoo is now free to enhance the search experience using the platform they want.

Yahoo appears to be exercising that freedom as some searches are still triggering results from Bing, while others are triggering results from Google. Thanks to an amendment to the search partnership between itself and Microsoft earlier this year.

In addition, if Yahoo and Microsoft decide, the renewed agreement can also be ended as on 1^st October 2015. The decision will be taking after seeing the result of the Google’s search results.

If you are still confused about it, then we should tell you that:

“Yahoo displays its own search result almost all the time, but can now also use the results from other search engines like Google the giant.”

Neither Google nor Yahoo have discussed the terms of their partnership, other than to confirm there is some kind of an arrangement in place.

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Google announced Google Domain Registration Service

Google announced its maiden entry to domain registration services with 'Google Domains' On June 24th 2015, . Though, the service is in infancy and available in invite-only mode, it may pose challenges to existing players like GoDaddy and others. The service has gained great reviews but you need to wait for its public launch. If you're new to the 'Google Domains' service, here are some key features you should explore.

How Google Explains 'Google Domains':

Though, Google looks excited with the launch, they are not in hurry to turn it into a thing. The company said that Google domain registration service is still to be launched with all the features, and currently being tested with a small group of people. They are offered ability to buy and transfer domains through it and send feedback on their experience. The company asks people to send their feedback to make finding, buying, transferring and managing a domain a simple and transparent experience.

Features Of 'Google Domain' - 

Being another domain registrar, Google Domain may have all the standard features that other service providers have. The company might add additional features to it once it goes live for public. Until it comes, let's scan through its primary features.

Private Name Registration :

 

A very common feature that's paid at other registrars will be absolutely free when you purchase the domain from Google. Private name registration will be free of cost if buyer purchases a domain from Google or transfer a domain from other domain registrar to Google.

Branded Domain E-Mails :

 

The hottest feature of all. With Google Domains, you can create about 100 email aliases with your domain name, and forward it to your Gmail account. We are still waiting to know more about this feature.

Domain Forwarding Feature :

 

Like other registrars, Google domains will also offer Domain forwarding. The feature enables domain owners to forward a domain to another domain name.

Domain Management Tools :

 

As name indicates, domain management tool helps owners to manage their domains with ease. With Domain management tools you can edit your domain A record, CNAME, name server records easily. Experts in web hosting are looking at a possibility if Google integrates domains with its other services like Search Console. Google has already said about this feature:

“Use Google Synthetic Records for integration with Google App Engine, subdomain forwarding and Google Apps services”.

 

Integration with Popular Website Builders :

 

To let users create and launch beautiful and expressive websites wit limited or technical assistance, 'Google domains' ventures with popular website builders like Shopify, Squarespace, Weebly and Wix.com.

Domain Extensions :

 

Year 2014 was really encouraging for the domain industry as a handful of new domain extensions were launched this year. You may purchase domain extensions like .guru, .photography and more from Google domains.

In addition to the features mentioned, this new registrar will offer all standard features offered by popular domain registrars like Domain locking, customisable sub-domain and more.

Keep reading this place to know more about its public launch and more.

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Google Removes Emoji Support From Mobile and Desktop search results

It seems Google isn’t fond of emoji, at least where search is concerned. Over the weekend, Google quietly removed emoji from search results for the desktop and mobile.

Pages that use emoji won’t be penalized — Google just won’t show the symbols when it returns their page in search results. Emoji will still show as headers in search when accompanied by text.

Emoji has been in use on mobile search for quite some time, and found its way to the desktop a few months ago. According to Search Engine Land, Google called this shot a few weeks back, so it’s not surprising.

Emoji was being used by some brands in an attempt to find a new way to the top of search results. If you were to use a pizza emoji in Google search, you might have been met with pizza restaurants near you.
Others, like Yelp, still allow for emoji to be used in search. Your quest for pizza is not totally lost after all.

Here is the full post : 

Google Finally Drops Emojis From Search Results Listings Page [Search Engine Land]

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New iOS tools to help Android developers by Google

Google and apple are two of the major competitors in software industry, especially with their Android and iOS operating systems for smartphones and tablets.

In the last 9 months apple has gained a tight grip on the market for high-end, expensive smartphones, the only types of smartphones that Apple makes.

Apple was able to grow its market share to almost 18% in the first quarter, because of heavy sales of Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. its third consecutive quarter of growth, according to Gartner. 

On the contrary, Google does not makes much profit from those smartphone sales, instead of smatrtphones It heavily depends on its ability to offer Google Search capabilities, benefiting from the rich data it can capture from users through searches to sell to advertisers. 

Google also has been on a mission to have Android apps, which are offered by many independent developers in the Google Play store, work across other platforms, such as iOS. At its annual Google I/O developers conference this week, the company announced important initiatives to expand its support for iOS and for the developers that build iOS apps. 

 Google announced that : 

CocoaPods, a management tool for iOS, will be the primary way for developers to obtain Google Software Development Kits (SDKs) for iOS. 

In a blog Google analysts said : 

use of CocoaPods will simplify the process of importing software into Xcode, a programming language for building iOS apps. As a result, developers can more easily work cross-platform,. 

Another big announcement From a blog was : 

Google launched App Indexing with iOS for a small group of test partners.  in addition to indexing from Android apps. Indexing is an industry term that means users can discover (or "surface") relevant content in a Google search. Now searchers will be able to open mobile app content both from Android and iOS apps. 

Other announcements Google made : 

include iOS support for its Cloud Messaging service and iOS app compatibility with the Google Cardboard SDK for Unity, a development platform for building games.. 

The steps Google took to please iOS developers were just a part of a number of I/O announcements. Some of the biggest news came from Google's announcement of Android M, the next upgrade to its mobile operating system, coming in the third quarter. 

What experts say : 

The indexing announcement of Google searches to include iOS apps could be a powerful tool for iOS developers and their customers, analysts and industry

Lei Sun, CEO for Yozio, a firm said :

"Google's announcement represents a huge step forward for apps that are already installed on Apple devices,"

Google's step is "essentially freeing the information inside of apps so it is easily discoverable for users, an incredibly important function since people find products and content on Google through mobile web search," Sun said.

To take full advantage of the innovation, Sun said developers need to install deep mobile links inside their iOS apps in order for the Google search engine to find the data. 

But indexing iOS apps for Google Search seems primarily to Google's advantage, not necessarily users, two analysts said. 

Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates said :

 

"Linking search to iOS is more about increasing the value of Google Search and means that Google Search becomes more versatile, valuable and sticky to end users,". 

"Google makes their money from search and sponsored search and not from Android licenses, so anything they can do to enhance use of Google Search on as many platforms as possible plays to their strength and ability to generate more revenue," Gold said. "The search folks don't care what OS you run, they just want to send you more ads that pay. It's a good play for Google." 

Even so, for Google, indexing iOS apps is "all about the user profiles and data" that Google can have access to, Moorhead said. "That's all Google cares about. Everything else is wrapped around that." 

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Google Launches Android Studio 1.0

Hello Everyone...!!!

On Monday, Google finally launched Android Studio 1.0, the stable, full release of its official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developers created by its Android team.Android Studio 1.0 is based on IntelliJ IDEA JAVA IDE, previewed at last year's Google I/O conference. 

The Android Studio 1.0 is now available to download from the Android Developers website.

Android Studio will continue to receive updates on four different release channels :

1. Stable
2. Beta
3. Dev
4. Canary

With the help of these release channels Developers can utilise the new features for Android Studio.

Android Studio 1.0  Features for Developers are :

A. Startup Experience with better setup wizard
B. better code and resource editing,
C. revamped UI
D. app usage monitor
E. unified build system
F.  easy access to Google Cloud Services

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Google Do Not Rank Responsive Web Design Sites Better

In a discussion in webmaster forum, Google's Zineb Ait Bahajji said clearly and directly that :

"We do not rank responsive web design sites better than sites using other configurations (separate site for mobile or dynamic serving)".

She also points out that this is written clearly and directly in their developer recommendations:

"Google does not favor any particular URL format as long as the page(s) and all page assets are accessible to all Googlebot user-agents".


But both Google and Bing prefer responsive design over others for a few reasons. But mostly because it requires less resources and the link signals are clearer.

Zineb said the reason Google prefers it is because "it's easier to maintain, it's future-friendly and we see less configuration errors with RWD (faulty redirects or bad user-agent detection for instance)."


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Google to launch a mobile messaging app in 2015

Hello Everyone...!!!

Here is a big news about mobile application development...

As we all know that google has lost whatsapp to facebook in a multibillion dollar acquisition bid. Now google is planning to launch its own mobile messaging app which google is likely to test in India and other emerging markets. Google sent Nikhyl Singhal ( Top product manager ) to india to do a research of the messaging app ecosystem in the country as the company looks to catch up on an opportunity it lost to others. Singhal, who is a product management director for Hangouts, Photos, Google+ core & Platform, is also touring other countries in Asia Pacific to understand local ecosystems better.

The Google messenger is in early stages of development and is likely to be launched in 2015.

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Google announces to buy satellite maker Skybox for $500 mn

Internet search provider Google has entered into an agreement to buy satellite maker Skybox for $500 million in cash. 
Google said that Skybox's satellites will provide images for Google's online mapping service. Google, the world's No.1 Internet search engine, said that Skybox's technology could also eventually be used to provide Internet access and help with disaster relief.
Skybox said the deal is not complete yet...

"Five years ago, we began the Skybox journey to revolutionise access to information about the changes happening across the surface of the Earth.

"We've made great strides in the pursuit of that vision," it said. We've built and launched the world's smallest high-resolution imaging satellite, which collects beautiful and useful images and video every day.

"We have built an incredible team and empowered them to push the state-of-the-art in imaging to new heights....

Google said that Skybox's satellites will provide images for Google's online mapping service. Google, the world's No.1 Internet search engine, said that Skybox's technology could also eventually be used to provide Internet access and help with disaster relief.

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