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Googlebot: What it is, how it works & how to optimize
Learn how Googlebot crawls, renders, and indexes your site. See every crawler type, how crawl budget works, and the technical fixes that improve visibility.
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VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available, allowing brands to reach TV audiences with Google AI.
VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available globally in Google Ads and Display & Video 360.
Google AI Generated Landing Page Patent Is Limited To Shopping & Ads via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google's landing page generator patent is limited to low conversion shopping pages, product feeds and advertising.
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Google’s Titans And MIRAS: Significant Advancement In Long-Context AI via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google's Titans architecture and MIRAS framework enable AI to handle massive amounts of data and work faster.
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Google launches VRC non-skip ads globally
VRC Non-Skip ads are now globally available in Google Ads, giving advertisers AI-optimized, non-skippable reach on YouTube CTV screens.
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4 CRO strategies that work for humans and AI
Before overhauling your CRO for AI, focus on fundamentals. Clear messaging, strong UX, and technical hygiene still do the heavy lifting.
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How Google Search & Google Discover Picks Image Thumbnails
Google updated its image SEO best practices and Google Discover documentation to clarify how Google picks a preferred image thumbnail for Google Search and Google Discover. Google wrote it "uses [...]
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Google Updates Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Gambling & Government Policies
Google has updated or is updating a number of Google Ads and Google Merchant Center policies. This goes across alcohol, prescription drugs, gambling and games and government documents and services [...]
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Google Help Document On Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Checkout
Google has published a new help document titled About the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and UCP-powered checkout feature on Google. This was published in the Google Merchant Center help [...]
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Content marketing in an AI era: From SEO volume to brand fame
AI is collapsing informational SEO. Learn why discoverability is now an economic problem — and how to build fame beyond traffic.
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Google AI Mode Sidebar Links Don't Pass Referrers - Google To Fix
Google AI Mode doesn't always pass referrer data from the links on the sidebar.
This is supposedly being looked at by the Google Search team and hopefully will be fixed soon, if not, already.
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Google Knowledge Panels With Colored Table Elements Sections Rolling Out
Google seems to be rolling out colorful sections in the knowledge panels. Sometimes you will see gray, sometimes blue, sometimes orange and sometimes green and maybe more.
We saw this on mobile over [...]
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Google Ads’ three-strikes system: Managing warnings, strikes, and suspension
Google can suspend your account after three policy strikes in 90 days. Here’s how the warning system works and how to keep your ads running.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 3, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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