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Google Web Stories Reaches 100K Per Day Milestone
In a report on Web Stories usage, Google says 100,000 new stories are now being added to the search index every day.
Google Delays Privacy Sandbox Initiatives, Extends Support for 3rd Party Cookies
Google announced extended support of third-party cookies until 2023, while privacy sandbox initiatives continue to go through rigorous testing. Here’s what you need to know!
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Google Rolls Out New Spam Algorithm Update
Google’s Danny Sullivan confirms an algorithm update targeted at fighting spam is rolling out to search results.
Google Analytics 4 Backlash: GA4 “Sucks” and is “Horrible”
Search marketing community declares GA4 to be awful, unusable, and so bad it can bring you to tears. What is going on?
Facebook Launches 4 New Ecommerce Features
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are gaining new features that will help retailers get their products in front of more customers and increase sales.
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YouTube Rolls Out New Tools & Resources For Small Biz Owners
YouTube launches new tools and resources for small business owners including a step-by-step guide to growing a channel, and a streamlined process for creating ads.
YouTube Holds First-Ever “Small Biz Day” On June 24
YouTube is holding its first-ever “Small Biz Day” on June 24, an all-day event dedicated to helping small businesses use video to reach their audience.
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Brave Search Engine Launches in Public Beta
Brave Search, from the company behind the Brave web browser, is now available globally in a public beta.
Search Console Insights, New GA4 Reports & More Digital Marketing News
Learn about the new Search Console Insights feature, Shop Pay’s expansion to non-Shopify merchants, Amazon’s blocking of FLoC, and how GA4 just got even better.
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Facebook Introduces Live Audio Rooms and Podcasts
Monetize live audio events with Live Audio Rooms and find an audience with Podcasts – New on Facebook
Why Google Ranks Plagiarism Over Original Content
John Mueller explains why Google may choose to reward article thieves by ranking stolen content instead of the original article
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John Mueller on Keyword Placement on a Page
Google’s John Mueller answered the question of where to put focus keywords on a very long web page
Google Announces New Ads Creative Studio
Google announced the launch of a new, collaborative ad creation tool. Here’s what we know so far!
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Google FAQ Rich Results Limited to Two Per Page Rolling Out
FAQ rich results limited to 2 FAQs per page. The update to the rich results is still in the process of rolling out
Spotify Gets Into Social Audio With Greenroom
Spotify is now competing in the social audio space with the launch of Greenroom, which offers the option of turning live chats into podcast recordings.
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Shopify Sites Can Now Edit Their Robots.txt File
Shopify stores are now able to edit their robots.txt file, which gives store owners more control over how search engines crawl their site.
Twitter Wants to Let Users Untag Themselves From Tweets
Twitter is working on a new feature that will allow users to unmention themselves from other peoples’ tweets.
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Google Starts Highlighting Journalists’ Latest Articles
Google is testing a change to search results for journalists which includes a carousel of their latest articles.
Google May Treat Antonyms As Synonyms in Some Cases
Google’s Gary Illyes explains a case where a word that means the opposite may be treated as a low weight synonym when returning search results.
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Why Mobile and Desktop Rankings Are Different
Google’s John Mueller explains why search results can differ in mobile and desktop and the factors tending to influence those rankings
PageSpeed Insights Now Shows More Field Data
Google announced that PageSpeed Insights will now publish all available field data even if some of the data is missing
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Facebook Has New Tools For Group Admins
Admins of Facebook Groups can utilize new tools for managing their communities, moderating conversations, and learning a little more about their members.
Facebook’s Top 4 Topics to Watch
Facebook published its quarterly report on “Topics to Watch,” which highlights the rising topics of conversation on Facebook and Instagram in the US.
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Google Adds More Ways to Edit Business Profiles in Search
Google now has more ways for businesses to edit the information that appears to searchers without leaving Search or Maps.
Why GSC Shows Crawl Errors When Page Loads Normally
Google’s John Mueller explains why Google Search Console shows crawl errors even though the web pages work fine
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LinkedIn Data Shows Rise of Remote Marketing Jobs in US
A new report from LinkedIn shows there’s a steady rise in the amount of remote jobs available for US-based marketers.
Brave Search Engine – Early Preview and Comparison
Brave Search may present a challenge to Google. Preview a new privacy-first search engine that respects publishers and is committed to unbiased results
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Google Page Experience Update Begins Rolling Out
Google’s page experience algorithm update is starting to roll out now and will be completed by the end of August 2021.
All Google Merchants Can Accept Payment Via Shopify
All Google, Facebook, and Instagram merchants will soon be able to accept payment via Shopify, even if they don’t have a Shopify store.
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Google Audience Expansion vs Optimized Targeting: The Difference Explained
Some campaigns using audience expansion are being migrated to optimized targeting. Here’s what that means for advertisers.
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