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

Google’s John Mueller said this morning that the Google Search team has removed a classifier it was using to determine soft 404s. As a reminder, a ton of sites were complaining about pages being deindexed and noticed a spike in soft 404s reported by Google Search Console.

APIs for each use case are projected to be available for adoption in Q4 2022.

Google is rolling out a feature to show in the about this result overlay why the company ranked that page for that query…

On 21st July 2021, national, local, and regional news organizations in Austria joined over 800 news publications by signing up to the Google News Showcase. The post Austria Joins The Google News Showcase appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

These bugs lead to some pages being removed from the Google search results or the stars being removed from the Google search results. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Under the new program, incorrectly flagged ads carry greater ramifications, ranging from time spent communicating with Google Ads support reps to account suspension for repeated violations that aren’t resolved in time. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

US influencer spending to surpass $3 billion in 2021 An increase of over 33 percent in influencer marketing spending is expected for 2021 — reaching $3.69 billion — recently-released forecast data shows, with a 12.2 percent rise predicted for 2022 and 11.5% in 2023, climbing to $4.62 billion, according to the forecast.