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

Google updated their guidance to clarify demotions based on non-consensual explicit imagery.

In the face of growing challenges with customer acquisition, it’s important to know where to focus your ad spend. Do you know how to optimize for lower customer acquisition costs and pipeline growth that keeps your sales team busy and your CFO happy?

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Google’s John Mueller said in the last Google SEO office-hours from December 2023 that there is no such thing as perfect SEO. He said, “in fact no SEO is perfect.”

Google is now testing a new label, in text format, that reads advertised identify verified or identify verified on individual Google Ads in the search results. Previously we saw blue ad badges and gold ad badges but now Google is testing writing it out, instead of showing the badge.

Google is testing a new design and layout for its medical and health-related results in the mobile search results.

A common question I hear from new SEOs is why Google is not taking action against the spam I reported to them. A competitor or site is ranking well because it paid for backlinks or is spamming Google in one way or another, why does that site still rank days, weeks or months after I submitted a spam report?

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