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    Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Change For Weaker Than Expected Growth

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 13, 2025
    So after Google literally paid Reddit for its content and then ranked them incredibly well in Google Search and its search features, Reddit during its earnings call blamed Google's search algorithm for not hitting its expected user growth.

    Yahoo Search AI Answers Now Showing Link Sources

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 13, 2025
    Initially, when Yahoo Search launched AI-generated answers, they did not contain sources or links. Now it seems Yahoo is adding "Learn more" links to these AI answer boxes in Yahoo Search.

    Google Search Snippet Showing Future Date: Bug Or Feature?

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 13, 2025
    Google Search is showing a snippet that has a date in the future. Normally the snippets have dates from the past; such as this content was found by Google X days or Y hours ago. But this one is now showing "in 7 days" from now.

    Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2025

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 12, 2025
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

    The Google reviews bug seems to be fixed...

    Is Google Image Search Down Ranking AI Images?

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 12, 2025
    There is some chatter in the SEO community that Google Image Search may be down ranking, lowering the rankings, of AI-generated images, in favor of non-AI-generated images within the Google Image search results.

    Google Publisher Center Changes: Automatically Generated Publication Pages

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 12, 2025
    Google is making more changes to the Google Publisher Center, in March Google News will fully transition to automatically generated publication pages in March.

    Bing Webmaster Tools Updates Date Selectors

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 12, 2025
    Microsoft has updated Bing Webmaster Tools to make selecting the date ranges a lot easier in the performance reports. Now the date selectors are very quick to select, and not deeper inside a menu option.

    Google Ads Posts Notice For Brand Guidelines March 2025 Update

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 12, 2025
    Google has posted a notice in the Google Ads console reminding advertisers about the upcoming brand guidelines changes that are now slotted for March 2025. This change was communicated numerous times and the deadline has been pushed off here and there.

    Google Tests Filters On Latest Posts Carousel

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 12, 2025
    Google is testing adding filters to the latest post carousel. These filters can show recent posts, video posts, posts from Instagram, or Facebook.

    Google Review Count Bug Fix Rolling Out

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    by rustybrick
    Feb 11, 2025
    The big Google review count bug, that we first reported on Friday and that later Google confirmed on Monday afternoon, is now being fixed. We can now see review counts climbing again and many small business owners and local SEOs are reporting improvements.