Google March Core Update Still Rolling Out & Heated SEO Chatter Continue
Over the past few days, while I was offline, the SEO chatter around the Google search ranking volatility continued to be super heated. The Google tracking tools seemed to calm down a bit, but the chatter is still very heated. This is all while the Google March 2024 core update is still rolling out 51 days later.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 25, 2024
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Report: How Prabhakar Raghavan Killed Google Search
Ed Zitron wrote a piece named The Man Who Killed Google Search. It goes through in detail how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground, he said.
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Google Favicon Documentation Adds Rel Attribute Value Definitions
Google has updated its favicon documentation for Google Search to add definitions for each supported rel attribute value in the Google Search favicon documentation.
Google Ads API Version 16.1 Now Available
Google released version 16.1 of the Google Ads API yesterday. The update includes query assets for Demand Gen, more location service details, more support warnings, Target ROAS bid simulation and more.
Google: Splitting & Merging Sites Takes Longer Than Normal Site Migrations
Want to scare an SEO? Just tell them they need to manage a site migration. Want to make an SEO faint? Tell them they need to manage to split a site into two or more sites while merging content on those sites. John Mueller from Google said it takes Google longer to process site splits and merges than normal site migrations.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: April 24, 2024
Apr 24, 2024Google: We Won't Change The 301 Redirect Signals For Ranking & SEO
Apr 24, 2024Google Image Search Tests Tablet Like Design Interface
Apr 24, 2024Google: Our Link Best Practices Doc Are Still Good Guidelines
Apr 24, 2024Google Ads Established In Extensions
Apr 24, 2024Bing Tests Lock Icon In New Search Snippet Location
Apr 24, 2024Daily Search Forum Recap: April 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024Google: Ignore Link Spam Especially To 404 Pages
Apr 23, 2024Google: We Have Taken Action On Some Parasite SEO In Recent Update
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