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Thanksgiving Google Search Ranking Update Volatility
Google may have pushed out a Google search ranking update over the past couple of days.
Although the chatter was somewhat quiet, it picked up today and some of the tools are also picking up on an [...]
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Google Local Pack Links To Places Tab With Pagination Bug
The Google local pack within the Google Search results changes, I think. When you click on the "More businesses" button at the bottom of the local pack, you aren't taken into Google Maps [...]
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Beyond SERP visibility: 7 success criteria for organic search in 2026
As search shifts into AI and multi-surface discovery, these seven signals show what real organic success looks like in 2026.
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Google Business Profiles adds scheduling and multi-location publishing to Google Posts
This should make managing your Google Posts on your local Google Business Profile easier.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 26, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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ChatGPT, Perplexity push deeper into AI shopping
ChatGPT and Perplexity roll out AI shopping tools that promise smarter product discovery, personalized picks, and quicker paths to purchase.
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Google Local Service Ads Tests Removing More Results Button
Google is testing removing the "more" results button for Local Service Ads within the web search results. Instead, you are given the option to expand the results to 8 in total but not click [...]
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Canonicalization and SEO: A guide for 2026
Learn how to manage duplicate content, streamline indexing, improve crawl efficiency, and more with these canonicalization best practices.
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The truth about byline dates in SEO (and how they really affect visibility)
Learn how Google interprets byline dates, published vs. updated dates, schema signals, and how freshness impacts rankings, trust, and click-through rates.
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Google's Gary Illyes On AI Search: The Change Is Hard To Accept
Gary Illyes from Google said that even for him "the change is hard to accept" when it comes to how search is changing and evolving with the new AI features.
He said this in response to an [...]
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Mueller: Background Video Loading Unlikely To Affect SEO via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google's John Mueller says he doesn’t expect a noticeable SEO impact from a 100MB video that loads in the background after page content and images.
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Fast, cheap, or good? The SEO tradeoff you can’t ignore
SEO involves tradeoffs. See how time, cost, and quality affect results – and why quality-first work delivers faster, more sustainable gains.
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Google's John Mueller Jokes On Future GEO-Detox SEO Billable Work
Google's John Mueller made a joke about how next year, SEO companies will be offering GEO-Detox services as a billable line item after many of the SEO companies already billed their clients for GEO [...]
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Gemini 3 now used for some queries in AI Mode
This is only live for Google AI Pro & Ultra subscribers in the U.S.
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Microsoft Advertising Mobile App To Be Retired
Microsoft sent emails to some advertising announcing the retirement of the Microsoft Advertising mobile app.
The app will stop working as of January 2026 and will be removed from the app store this [...]
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