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Apple’s updated Safari browser enables site owners to more accurately track critical Core Web Vitals metrics.
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Apple Safari Update Enables Tracking Two Core Web Vitals Metrics via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 16, 2025
Why Google’s focus on AI products is weakening traditional spam enforcement and reshaping risk for legitimate publishers and SEOs. The post Why Google’s Spam Problem Is Getting Worse appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Why Google’s Spam Problem Is Getting Worse
User-behavior insights from GA4 help prioritize the improvements that drive measurable gains instead of surface-level traffic wins. The post How To Track User Journey In GA4 To Make SEO Wins More Visible appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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How To Track User Journey In GA4 To Make SEO Wins More Visible via @sejournal, @bngsrc
Nick Fox is the SVP of Knowledge and Information at Google was interviewed again on the AI Inside channel by Jason Howel and Jeff Jarvin. He said a lot of interesting things but said no, Google won’t be offering standarized licensing deals for all publishers. He also said that optimizing for AI Search is the same as what you do for web search and normal SEO.
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Google Won’t Provide Standard License Deals For AI & SEO Is The Same
Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to warn against using a noindex tag in the original page code on JavaScript pages. Google wrote, “if you do want the page indexed, don’t use a noindex tag in the original page code.”
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Google Warns: Don’t Use NoIndex Tags In Pages That Use JavaScript
Google can not show ads in AI Overviews with the exact match type. This is a change from back in May, where Google said otherwise.
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Google Ads Exact Match Can Not Show Ads In AI Overviews
Earlier this month, we documented that the average position sharply increased for many sites when Google made that num 100 change blocking a lot of automated queries. Well, for some sites, that number is dropping again, which may mean that there is a workaround for the blocking of those bots and automated queries.
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Google Search Console Average Impression Dropping Back Down
Earlier this month, we documented that the average position sharply increased for many sites when Google made that num 100 change blocking a lot of automated queries. Well, for some sites, that number is dropping again, which may mean that there is a workaround for the blocking of those bots and automated queries.
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Google Search Console Average Impression Dropping Back Down
Earlier this month, we documented that the average position sharply increased for many sites when Google made that num 100 change blocking a lot of automated queries. Well, for some sites, that number is dropping again, which may mean that there is a workaround for the blocking of those bots and automated queries.
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Google Search Console Average Impression Dropping Back Down