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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. The Google Search…
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Google has refreshed and updated its web search policies documentation. The big change is Google added more language around the site reputation abuse policy, while expanding, simplifying and clarifying other…
Google AI Overviews generally do not show up for branded or navigational queries. So if you are searching for a brand or company, generally, Google has not shown an AI…
Google now can show movies you recently viewed as an “activity card.” I am not sure if this is based on a movie you actually went to see in the…
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Google refreshed their spam policy documentation to tighten the focus, add new details, and make it easier to understand The post Google Updates Their Spam Policy Documentation appeared first on…
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