Google announced new updates for Gboard for Android. You can now draw on the screen and Google will find matching emojis.

Posted by Bill.Sebald “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” I read The Art of War in college, written by the Chinese general Sun Tzu (author of the quote above)

At SMX Advanced, Gary Illyes says Google will “communicate a lot” before rolling out the mobile-first index. The post Google’s mobile-first index likely not coming until 2018 at earliest appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

Here is a PSA for those who will be seeing Gary Illyes at SMX Advanced today or at an upcoming event. Do not hug him..

Data integrations span a range of categories and partners. The post Yext launches app directory with 26 partners for two-way data exchange appeared first on Search Engine Land

Don’t bank on Google sharing any data on how your website is being used in the featured snippets. The post Google won’t add featured snippets analytics in Search Console appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google’s Gary Illyes sits down with Search Engine Land’s founding editor, Danny Sullivan, for a keynote conversation covering a wide range of Google- and SEO-related topics. The post SMX Advanced keynote: Google explains mobile-first, featured snippets data & more appeared first on Search… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

John Mueller from Google answered a question about if Google’s search quality algorithms, such as Panda, Penguin and others…