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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google’s efforts to keep spam out of search results are detailed in the company’s annual webspam report, published today. The post Google Finds Over 25 Billion Spammy Pages Every Day via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Here is a new and interesting layout for Google featured snippets.

74% of consumers agree with the protests, but there’s divisiveness about how brands should respond to issues. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

“More than 25 billion pages we discover each day are spammy,” the company revealed. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Gary Illyes from Google responded to a question around if brand based queries can hold any influence around search rankings.

Use these new reports to see how well your recipe markup is performing in Google Search.

Smart bidding adapts to changes with reduced budgets, which is better than pausing campaigns, but beware of high impression share with automated bids. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Pinterest is enhancing its Lens camera search functionality with a new ‘shop’ tab in search results full of shoppable pins. The post Pinterest Shows Shoppable Pins in Visual Search Results via @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .