SE Bytes: Member Q&A
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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Google
- November '24 Google Core Update
- New In Store Shopping with Google Lens
- New GSC 'Recommendations' Fully Rolled Out
- Page Experience Report Removed from GSC
- Site Reputation Abuse Policy Updated
- Google Officially Confirms Site-Wide Quality Can Affect Rankings
- Google Crawlers Are Now Dynamically Switching Between Protocols
- Obtrusive Pop-up in Search Results for Logged-in GBP Users
- Google Removing Hotel Features in Search for Germany, Estonia, & Belgium
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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A.I. Roundup
- Report on Gemini's Latest Updates
- Google Brings New Features & Ads to AI Overview
- How to Optimize for Google's New AI Powered Shopping Experience
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Google
- Merchant Center Announces Amazon MCF integration
- GMC Adds New Merchant Verification Methods
- Video Generation Now Available in Product Studio
- Name Your Own Shipping Policy in GMC Next
- New "Sticky" GSC Performance Reports
- Clarifying Dynamically-generated Product markup
- Chrome Phasing Out Support for uBlock Origin
- Goodbye to the Sitelinks Search Box
- Third-Party Policy Update Requires Strict Compliance
- Video Review: Why Google Search is Falling Apart
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Local Search
- GBP Wants Answers About Your Inventory
- Local Service Ads Will Soon Require A Google Business Profile
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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Google
- The August '24 Core Update Finished — Then the Volatility Increased
- Google Clarifies Spam Policies for Web Search
- New Reviews Restrictions For GBP Policy Violations
- Google Shopping Markup Expert Interview
- New priceType Property Added to Support Sale Pricing
- YouTube SEO: Q&A With YouTube Liaisons
- AVIF Images Now Supported by Google Search
- Indexing API Quota & Pricing Information Clarifications
- Google Reorganizes Crawler and User-Triggered Fetcher Documentation
- Google Kills Cache Feature
- Google Trends Email Subscription Service Ending
- The US DOJ vs. Google Trial Exhibit Files, Documents & Responses Archive
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PPC Advertising
- New 'Confidential Matching' Feature Offers Data Privacy For Advertisers
- Gemini Models Now Help You Build Better Search Campaigns in More Languages
- Google Ads Being Automatically Linked to Merchant Center Accounts
- Google's Change to LSA API Validation Logic Upsets Advertisers
- Gambling: Update to Circumventing Systems Policy
- New Accounts: To Show Ads on Parked Domains You Must Now Opt-In
- Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for October 2024
- Curated List of PPC Articles for October 2024
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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A.I. Roundup
- Be Nice to Your Chatbot
- Review: SearchGPT - Perhaps the First True Competitor to Google's Dominance
- Our Favorite AI Text-to-Image Generator Just Got Better!
- Google Demos Gemini Research at Recent Event
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Google
- Surprise! Google is now *Officially* a Monopoly
- August '24 Core Update to Google's Black Box
- Video SEO Best Practices Documentation Overhaul
- New "Experimental" GSC Recommendations - A New Tool for SEO Success
- Navigating the Switch to Merchant Center Next
- Google Trends New Design: A Quick Overview
- 2 New Tools to Help Strengthen Your First-Party Data Strategy
- GSC Page "Discovered - Currently Not Indexed" Explained
- How Google Handles JavaScript Throughout the Indexing Process: An Overview
- OG:Title Meta Tag Added to List of Title Snippet Sources in Search Results
- srsltid= URL Parameters From Merchant Center Appended to Article Search Listings
- GSC Updates 'Search Appearances' Support Documentation
- Organization Markup Support Doc Update
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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A.I. Roundup
- OpenAI Is Launching SearchGPT
- Google Upgrades Free Gemini AI with 1.5 Flash for Better Responses
- Perplexity AI Launches Website Revenue Sharing & Partners with WordPress
- Meta Launches "Open-source" AI App
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Google
- Google Cancels Plan to Deprecate Third-Party Cookies In Chrome
- Zero Click Study – 2024 Results
- Merchant Center Next Rolling Out to All Merchants
- Why Soft 404's Are Bad for SEO
- Google Confirms Slight Ranking Boost for ccTLD
- Google Improves Ability to Interpret Images
- Google Closing Down goo.gl Links
- New Section Added to URL Best Practices Doc
- SEO Best Practice Update For Embedded Images
- Add Your Shipping & Return Information in GSC
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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Google
- The June 2024 Spam Update
- How to Avoid a Crawl Spike that Might Be Bad
- Google Saying G'bye to Continuous Scroll
- Google Testing 'Deals added in the past 24 hours' in Search Results
- Google Threatening to Punish White Label Coupon Sites for Site Reputation Abuse
- Merchant Listings Performance Feature Added to SC Performance Report
- Carousels Structured Data Guidance Update
- SocialMediaPosting Markup Supported in Discussion Forum Structured Data
- Advertisers & Analytics Users Affected By New US Privacy Laws
- Google Improves Attribution Models in GA4
- Podcast: Inside Search Quality
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Local Search
- Helpful New Features Added to GBP Verification Status Tool
- Local Services Ads Transitioning To Automated Lead Crediting
- Like it or Not, LSA Ads Coming to Google Maps
- Alert: Scammers Are Moving Google Map Pins
- Menu Items & Popular Times Can Boost Local Rankings
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Bing
- Microsoft Advertising Plans To Automatically Import Google Ads Conversion Data
- Microsoft Advertising Moving Smart Shopping Campaigns To PMax
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PPC Advertising
- GAds Makes Welcomed Changes to Query Matching & Brand Controls
- New Ad Console Design For Google Ads Starting August 30th
- GAds No Longer Accepting Credit Card Payments for High-spending Advertisers
- New AdSense Consumer Privacy Messaging Alert Requirements
- Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for July 2024
- Curated List of PPC Articles for July 2024
Jun '24 Featured Articles
- Leveraging ChatGPT for SEO
- How to harness the power of GPT for SEO — by Stephen Mahaney
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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A.I. Roundup
- ChatGPT-4o – A Superhero Leap Over All the Rest
- Google's AI Overviews Signals Major Change in Search Results
- AI Overviews: Fails Go Viral
- Gemini Advanced: Google's Upgraded AI Assistant Offers 2 Months Free
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Google
- Leaked! Much of Google's Secret Sauce
- Tough Interview With Google CEO Sundar Pichai
- Google's New "Web" Filter Makes Search Simpler
- Two New Googlebots Added to Google's Army of Crawlers
- GMC Testing Shoppers Purchased On Your E-Commerce Site Stat
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PPC Advertising
- Google Announces A New Era Of AI Powered Ads
- PMax New Features Announcement
- Google Ads AI Summaries Slowly Rolling Out to Advertisers
- Google Ads Opens Doors for Marketplace Sellers with PMax
- Google Ads Updates Policies to Address Deepfake Sexual Content
- Google Ads Pausing Low-Activity Keywords
- Google Ads Developer Blog Summary for June 2024
- Curated List of PPC Articles for June 2024
May '24 Featured Articles
- The Man Who Killed Google Search
- Most SEOs agree that Google's organic search results have noticeably deteriorated over the past 5 years. Internal emails released by the DOJ reveal who is responsible and why — synopsis by Stephen Mahaney
- The Verge Is Laughing at Google's Guidelines
- Positive proof that content created to rank in Google is what actually ranks in Google — by Stephen Mahaney
Search & Social Media Updates Digest
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Google
- Latest & Greatest Google Core Update Completed on April 19
- Google Kills Competitor Tuta Mail Rankings Same Day EU Tech Rules Go Into Effect
- Parasite SEO Targeted in Recent Google Spam Update
- Site Reputation Abuse Enforcement Officially Begins May 5th
- Important Details About Google Crawl Budget
- Adding Publications to Google Publisher Center No Longer Allowed
- Danny Sullivan Defends Google's Search Results
- Merchant Center Product Data Specification Updates For 2024
- GSC Adds Unused Ownership Tokens For Improved Security
- Feature Availability & Markup Location Clarified for Structured Data Carousels (Beta) Doc
- Video Carousel Markup Support Ended
- Google Clarifies Image Extraction Source
- Rel Attribute Value Definitions Added to Google Favicon Documentation
- Google Releases Googlebot IP Ranges For User-Triggered Fetchers