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Matt Mullenweg pauses WordPress services and expresses hope to reopen “sometime in the new year.” The post Mullenweg Pauses WordPress Services – Hopes To Reopen Next Year appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Mullenweg Pauses WordPress Services – Hopes To Reopen Next Year via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google rolls out December spam update, expected to take a week to complete, capping off a year of aggressive spam measures.
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Google Launches (Final?) Spam Update Of The Year via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Dec 24
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Study finds AI web crawlers are gaining ground on traditional search engines, reshaping how websites need to optimize their content. The post AI Crawlers Account For 28% Of Googlebot’s Traffic, Study Finds appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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AI Crawlers Account For 28% Of Googlebot’s Traffic, Study Finds via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: December 19, 2024
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Ask An SEO: How To Move From Page 2 To Top Positions via @sejournal, @rollerblader
The Google December 2024 core update quickly and brutally finished rolling out yesterday at around 2:00 PM ET. It took just over 6 days to roll out, starting on December 12, 2024 at 10:45 am and finishing on December 18, 2024 at 2:00 pm. This update finished fast, but it seems quick and mighty (or fast and furious).
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Google December 2024 Core Update Fast & Furiously Finished Rolling Out
There are a number of reports of Google Business Profile listings in Google Maps coming up broken. Google seems to be showing half of the listing, with flickering maps portions, missing business names, blue maps and more issues.
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Broken Google Maps Business Profile Listings
Google’s John Mueller said, “It makes no sense to block” privacy, disclaimers, or other legal types of pages from your site. He added on Reddit, “They don’t cause a ‘duplicate content issue’.”
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Google Says It Makes No Sense To Block Disclaimer and Privacy Policy Pages
The folks over at GMBapi have put together a large study on the topic of how and why Google removes reviews from Google Business Profiles. It looked at nearly 5 million reviews across 78 countries and over 19,000 locations.
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Study On Removal Of Google Local Reviews
Google Merchant Center now lets merchants specify which payment methods and options they offer customers.
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Google Merchant Center Now Lets You Select Your Payment Methods