Archive for October, 2026

Google Crawls Raw And Encoded Bracket URLs Separately via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/10/21

Google’s John Mueller says raw and percent-encoded brackets are different URLs and recommends using one form across links, canonical tags, and sitemaps. The post Google Crawls Raw And Encoded Bracket URLs Separately appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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China Wrote The First GEO Rulebook After A TV Scandal – Western SEOs Should Take Notes via @sejournal, @MPentzek

2026/10/21

China’s five-part GEO standard offers Western SEOs a practical framework for measuring AI visibility, evaluating vendors, and separating optimization from manipulation.

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China Wrote The First GEO Rulebook After A TV Scandal – Western SEOs Should Take Notes via @sejournal, @MPentzek

2026/10/21

China’s five-part GEO standard offers Western SEOs a practical framework for measuring AI visibility, evaluating vendors, and separating optimization from manipulation. The post China Wrote The First GEO Rulebook After A TV Scandal – Western SEOs Should Take Notes appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google Search Ranking Volatility & Chatter Heats Up October 20 & 21

2026/10/21

Google Search rankings seem to be getting super volatile again, this is alongside the search industry chatter that has been spiking to unusual levels over the past 24 hours. As a reminder, the third-party tracking tools may still be struggling to track the volatility, but when I look at that, coupled with the industry chatter, I think we have an unconfirmed Google update going on.

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Google Ads New: Save & Test Asset Group Changes

2026/10/21

Google Ads is possibly rolling out a new asset group A/B test toggle named “Save and test asset group changes.” This lets you measure the impact of changing headlines, descriptions, images and videos.

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Google Ads Updates Smart Bidding Learning Doc With 7-Day Limit & Best Practices

2026/10/21

Google Ads has updated the old “Duration of the learning period for campaigns and what affects it” to be renamed to “About Smart Bidding learning.” This is a major help document rewrite, not just a headline change. It mentions a new seven-day limit, a different explanation of what triggers and does not trigger learning and more operational advice.

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Google Merchant Center Specifies Fast Shipping Days By Country

2026/10/21

Google has updated its about fast shipping in Merchant Center help document to detail the days Google expects for you to qualify for fast shipping in Merchant Center. This is specific for listings in the AU, CA, IN, JP, GB, US.

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Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/10/21

New details on Google Discover’s SDF gives publishers insights into planning the right mix of content that will rank better. The post Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/10/21

New details on Google Discover’s SDF gives publishers insights into planning the right mix of content that will rank better. The post Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster

2026/10/21

New details on Google Discover’s SDF gives publishers insights into planning the right mix of content that will rank better. The post Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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