Google is testing larger sitenames and favicons again. You can see a considerably larger font used for the sitename (the link in the Google search result snippets) and a larger favicon being tested in the search results.

Google Ads has a new sitelinks interface, and functionality, for Performance Max campaigns. The new recommended sitelinks features are rolling out, plus there is a new numbered layout for the sitelinks.

Google has released version 2.7 of the Google Ads Editor. This new update brings a number of new features and also deprecates a number of features. New features include AI-generated assets, account level content label exclusions, account-level negative keywords and more.

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Google’s John Mueller says that an exponential growth in content can trigger a re-evaluation The post Google Cautions: Exponential Content Growth Causes Re-Evaluation appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s cookie policy crumbles: The company reverses course on third-party tracking, putting privacy choices in users’ hands. The post Google Abandons Third-Party Cookie Phaseout appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Google’s John Mueller offers an unexpected answer to whether blocking Google cancels the “linking power” The post Google Says This Will Cancel Your “Linking Power” appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Join us LIVE on July 31 and learn simple hacks for attaining thousands of high authority links using Digital PR. The post Hacking Digital PR: How to Earn High-Authority Links from US Media appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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