Google's John Mueller went off again on programmatic SEO, this time saying that programmatic SEO can "often leads to a site that's either spam, borderline spam, or low quality," he wrote. These tactics can often lead Google's "systems have possibly lost faith in your site providing good value to users based on the old pages."
This week we covered how Google said it launched its biggest reduction in search quality in Europe over the DMA laws. Google also posted a document on the regional differences with the Google Search experiences. Google confirmed there was a temporary indexing reporting bug in Search Console...
Google Ads is running a "very early experiment" to show a new attribute in sponsored results in Google Search. This attribute shows how many days remain in a sale or deal on Shopping Ads.
Last month, Google Ads added a new customer retention option named Loyalty program members. Now Google Ads can segment reporting by Loyalty program members.
Google may have a bug with some of its search results formatting, where the sponsored results heading is sometimes not left-aligned. This does not seem intentional and it seems more like a formatting bug, but who knows.
Google Ads is beta testing a new option during the campaign creation process for "Video Campaign Group." This option is for video or Demand Gen campaigns, and it features aggregated metrics and controls for reach and frequency across campaigns.
Google Merchant Center now lets you upload videos of your products through a new Product videos section. "Product videos offer a more engaging and immersive experience to customers," Google wrote on the "Add videos" page within Merchant Center.
Google AdSense announced two new privacy-focused features it is rolling out or has rolled out in European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland regions. Google Ads has "Maximize message coverage" and "Optimize my consent message" in Privacy & messaging.