Google Updates

As of last week, Google Family Link is available in Australia. This new app, which is accessible on Android devices, will allow parents to keep closer tabs on their children’s browsing habits. As it currently stands, only Australians aged 13 and above are able to...

Despite growing demand for quality content and digital journalism, the news industry is still under substantial pressure to remain relevant during the industry-wide transition to digital. As part of an ongoing strategy to assist with the rapid evolution of the news industry, Google is introducing...

Google recently rolled out a series of changes to its images function, which allows users to see whether the image their searching is linked to a recipe, video, product, or even a GIF. This new feature is expected to link users with valuable content, quickly...

Earlier this month, Google AdWords notified advertisers in their accounts and via Twitter that they had implemented changes to the way AdWords calculates your daily spend. Moving forward, AdWords can automatically over spend advertisers’ daily budgets by as much as two times the allocated amount. In...

At the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Google released Project Respect; an AI platform that's designed to make online conversations more inclusive. Google Australia launched the project last weekend by asking people to write a statement about themselves, or someone they love and...

As of the end of June 2017, commuters in NSW will be able to access real-time bus, train and ferry information from Google Maps. Google has teamed up with Transport New South Wales to make finding your way around the state even easier. Information about...

  Google has recently confirmed that it’s made a change to the way it displays snippets in search results. Meta descriptions used to cap out at around 160 characters, however, now they can be as long as 320 characters. Google has experimented with snippet lengths in...