Greg Sterling

Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor at Search Engine Land. He writes about the connections between digital and offline commerce. He previously held leadership roles at LSA, The Kelsey Group and TechTV. Follow him Twitter or find him on LinkedIn.

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Google brings ‘Interpreter Mode’ language translation to the Assistant on smartphones

The capability was introduced previously on Google Home and smart displays....

Dec 12, 2019 at 12:18 pm ET

Conductor becomes an employee-owned firm after almost two years under WeWork

WeWork bought the SEO firm in 2018 for more than $120 million....

Dec 12, 2019 at 11:29 am ET

Consumers more invested in reviews, but also more skeptical of authenticity — survey

Users now consult multiple sites and expect reviews to be relatively fresh....

Dec 11, 2019 at 2:32 pm ET

Google adding more news content to ‘top stories’ in search results

Users will now see multiple carousels of news stories....

Dec 11, 2019 at 1:12 pm ET

LocalU acquired by Sterling Sky founder and SEL contributor Joy Hawkins

Hawkins says the Local Search Forum & the LocalU forum will merge....

Dec 10, 2019 at 12:09 pm ET

TripAdvisor buys SinglePlatform to enhance services for restaurants

The acquisition is part of a strategic shift to deepen restaurant relationships and diversify revenues to better compete with Google....

Dec 6, 2019 at 10:18 am ET

Google co-founders step down, Sundar Pichai to lead both Google and Alphabet

Page and Brin will remain as board members....

Dec 3, 2019 at 5:38 pm ET

Genius sues Google and LyricFind for more than $50 million in damages

The company alleges breach of contract, unfair competition and lost ad revenue....

Dec 3, 2019 at 3:00 pm ET

More EU antitrust heat for Google (and Facebook) over data collection

In a separate matter, 41 shopping comparison sites want the European Commission to further penalize Google in shopping search....

Dec 2, 2019 at 12:34 pm ET

Google Maps the dominant local search tool, followed by Facebook and Yelp

The average user is on a smartphone at home – and is most likely to visit a business the next day after a local search....

Nov 25, 2019 at 3:52 pm ET

Nearly 60% prefer PC to smartphones for local search survey finds, but there’s a catch

There are material differences between user behaviors of different generations....

Nov 25, 2019 at 9:14 am ET

Google’s ‘Duplex on the web’ enables the Assistant to buy movie tickets for you

The move is part of a much larger strategy to host the transaction. ...

Nov 21, 2019 at 3:01 am ET

Google brings audio news aggregation to smart speakers, phones

The Google Assistant acts as a kind of algorithmic, news...

Nov 19, 2019 at 4:36 pm ET

Google Maps becomes more ‘social’ with Local Guides follow feature

Local Guides are part of the reason GMB and Maps are so successful....

Nov 18, 2019 at 1:56 pm ET

WSJ report about Google search manipulation gets a lot wrong

The media narrative has turned against big tech, and this is an example....

Nov 15, 2019 at 5:12 pm ET

Local business study finds 0% of site traffic coming from email, paid media

Are small businesses not using email or digital advertising? The 'Google Analytics for Local Businesses Study' looked at 11K local...

Nov 15, 2019 at 3:00 pm ET

Reviews platform GatherUp acquired by martech holding company ASG

Company run by local search veterans Mike Blumenthal and Aaron Weiche joins a larger portfolio of software companies. ...

Nov 14, 2019 at 8:40 am ET

CallJoy, Google’s virtual phone agent for SMBs, gets an upgrade

The service is Google's first real foray into SaaS for SMBs....

Nov 13, 2019 at 1:31 pm ET

European antitrust chief says Google’s auction-based shopping remedy not working

Margrethe Vestager may require Google to make additional changes in the...

Nov 8, 2019 at 8:11 am ET

Uber Eats readies ad sales for restaurants

Could it become a rival to Google and Yelp over time?...

Nov 6, 2019 at 3:16 pm ET