Daily Search Forum Recap: April 14, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Learn why covering fewer subtopics can outperform exhaustive guides in ChatGPT citations, backed by large-scale data. The post Shorter, Focused Content Wins In ChatGPT appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
It’s been a while since Google has come out with a new search spam policy and penalty to accompany it with and now we have a new one, “back button hijacking.” Back button hijacking is something many of us were surprised Google didn’t specifically disallow but now, Google said it is on the rise and it is adding it to the list – officially.
Google’s John Mueller said on Reddit that Google can handle and deal with having multiple URLs for a single web page, but it is not a good practice. He said it makes it harder for Google and Google will just pick one URL anyway.
Google has made some changes to the Google Business Profile policy document, specifically the identity change section. It is now much more descriptive than before.
Get actionable ways to break affiliate plateaus using data, audience research, and new content distribution channels. The post How To Break Through An Affiliate Site Plateau & Find New Growth – Ask An SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
As part of an article from The Verge taking aim at SEOs, Google says that they are aware of self-serving listicles and work to prevent this abuse from impacting results.
Google’s John Mueller lists nine scenarios that lead Google to choose one URL as the canonical over another. The post Google Lists 9 Scenarios That Explain How It Picks Canonical URLs appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Google posted an update for the Google Ads and Google Analytics data controls yesterday where changes will be coming to the sources of the data. Google said this is to “simplify data controls and remove redundant settings between Google Analytics and Ads, we are planning to consolidate controls based on where the data is used.”
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