What I Use Now Instead Of Google

 https://dev.to/kiraemclean/what-i-use-now-instead-of-google-56lf

no substitute for google maps

Google’s Genius $49/mo Course Is About to Replace College Degrees

 https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/googles-genius-49-mo-course-is-about-to-replace-college-degrees-340f459aaa9b

Google's courses have blown hot and cold over the years. Hopefully they'll make a go of it this time. 

Google Dataset Search

https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/

Google Local Guides

https://maps.google.com/localguides/home
Is this a back-door social network from google? I've said they should be doing this for a while now.

Welcome to G Suite

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9389764
Gsuite learning center. 

You can now make tours in Google Earth to show your friends your favorite travel spots

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20/20972692/google-earth-make-tours-favorite-travel-spots
This has been on my "why don't they do this" list for a number of years. 

JavaScript Indexing Delays Are Still an Issue for Google

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/javascript-indexing-delays-google/335703/#close
Google does index content generated by JavaScript, when they get around to it. 

We analyzed 5 million Google Search Results Here's What We Learned About Organic Click Through Rate

https://backlinko.com/google-ctr-stats
Yes, it's still best to be top of google search results. Here's how much better

Endless AI-generated spam risks clogging up Google’s search results

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/2/19063562/ai-text-generation-spam-marketing-seo-fractl-grover-google
You really think Google's not smart enough to figure out that this is junk? When people start bouncing off these pages it'll be obvious.

Answer with intelligence Easy-to-use phone technology for small businesses

https://www.calljoy.com/
google product that uses AI to answer the phone

Here’s How Amazon’s Alexa Hooks You

https://medium.com/@nireyal/heres-how-amazon-s-alexa-hooks-you-79fe3bc8b2f4
Good piece about the 4 steps of getting hooked, with Alexa as an example.

Killed by Google

https://killedbygoogle.com/
Kinda scary how many things have been killed by Google. Wish they'd open-source these dead projects.

How Google Tracks Your Personal Information

https://medium.com/s/story/the-complete-unauthorized-checklist-of-how-google-tracks-you-3c3abc10781d
Some of this is positively scary.

Annual Smart Speaker IQ Test

https://loupventures.com/annual-smart-speaker-iq-test/
So what's the current state of the art in smart speakers? How smart are they?

The united states of wonder

https://vannizhang.github.io/wonder/
very slick visualization of what's google's top autocomplete in each state.

Google Launches New Tool That Grades A Site’s SEO Implementation

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-launches-new-tool-that-grades-a-sites-seo-implementation/278473/amp/
New SEO tool from Google.

Measure Review performance and get detailed guidance on how to improve it.

https://web.dev/measure
New SEO tool from Google.

What is reCAPTCHA? Easy to add, advanced security

https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/
Recaptcha V3 is officially out.

Google Academy for Ads

https://academy.exceedlms.com/student/catalog
Google's latest training partner. Hopefully this goes better.

The Wiki Strategy: How to Grow Your Blog to 100k+ Monthly Visitors

https://www.nateliason.com/blog/wiki-strategy
Some of the best SEO advice out there that spins off Google's "write quality content" by someone who's mastered the art.