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Google Discourages Force Indexing Pages To Search

Posted by admin on 2026/02/20 at 12:51 pm

Google’s John Mueller said that he discourages large sites from force indexing its pages to Google Search.

Google Discourages Force Indexing Pages To Search

Posted by admin on 2026/02/20 at 12:51 pm

Google’s John Mueller said that he discourages large sites from force indexing its pages to Google Search. He said on a comment on LinkedIn, “I strongly recommend not relying on trying to force indexing.”

Google Updated The Business Profile Review Policies

Posted by admin on 2026/02/20 at 12:41 pm

As I noted in my story yesterday about Google reviews dropping out, Google has updated the Google Business Profiles review policies, the Prohibited & restricted content section.

Google Ads Updates Budget Pacing For Ad Scheduling

Posted by admin on 2026/02/20 at 12:31 pm

Google sent out an email to some Google Ads advertisers about changes coming to Google Ads budget pacing for ad scheduling. These changes go into effect on March 1, 2026.

ChatGPT Ads From Expedia Spotted In The Wild

Posted by admin on 2026/02/20 at 12:21 pm

As you know, OpenAI said they would release ads in ChatGPT and then about ten days ago, said the ads went live for a limited number of users. Since then, we have not seen reports of anyone seeing ads in the wild within ChatGPT until now.

Google Sponsored Places Search Ad Unit

Posted by admin on 2026/02/20 at 12:11 pm

Google may be testing a new ad unit named Sponsored Places. I think this is new, I mean, have any of you seen this before in the search results

AI Mode: Features & Ranking — Whiteboard Friday

Posted by admin on 2026/02/20 at 8:05 am

Analyze early data from Google’s AI Mode in STAT. This study of 40,000 keywords reveals a mere 12% overlap with traditional organic rankings and explores how the verbose, text-heavy nature of AI Mode is shifting the search landscape.

Google Offers AI Certificate Free For Eligible U.S. Small Businesses via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2026/02/19 at 7:33 pm

Google launched an AI Professional Certificate with seven self-paced modules and three months of AI Pro access. Eligible U.S. small businesses can enroll free

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 19, 2026

Posted by admin on 2026/02/19 at 3:00 pm

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

Why AI Misreads The Middle Of Your Best Pages via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester

Posted by admin on 2026/02/19 at 2:30 pm

Long-form content doesn’t fail because it’s weak. It fails because LLMs lose the middle. This article explains how to engineer it to survive.