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Google updated the Search Analytics API with a metadata field that helps identify when recent data is still being processed.
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Google Updates Search Analytics API To Clarify Data Freshness via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
In this week’s Growth Memo, Kevin Indig lays out the case for a topic-first SEO approach, and how it helps future-proof your visibility. The post Topic-First SEO: The Smarter Way To Scale Authority appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Topic-First SEO: The Smarter Way To Scale Authority via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 15, 2025
Google has updated its local ranking documentation and Tips to improve your local ranking on Google page. The new wording is shorter and has fewer details than the older version.
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Google Local Ranking Documentation Updated
Google seems to be automatically adding social media links to Google Business Profiles. A post from Darren Shaw of Whitespark shows that hundreds or thousands of locations had their social media links added over the past short period of time.
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Google Business Profiles Automatically Adding Social Media Links To Businesses
Google announced it has a new metadata field for its Search Analytics API (for Search Console’s performance reports) that will tell you about incomplete data points you received through the API.
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Google Search Console Analytics API New Metadata Incomplete Data Points
This week’s Ask An SEO dives into why content stopped ranking, even when it seems original and experience-based. The post Ask An SEO: Why Your Content Is No Longer Good Or Helpful appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Ask An SEO: Why Your Content Is No Longer Good Or Helpful via @sejournal, @rollerblader
Google AdSense may have a bug with its PIN verification processs. There are tons of AdSense publishers complaining in the Google AdSense Help Forums about issues where they are unable to use the PIN verification anymore. It seems like a widespread bug but I am not sure, as Google has not responded to those complaints.
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Google AdSense PIN Verification Issues
We know you have been able to add your text or WhatsApp number to your Google Business Profile for some time now, but now Google is asking for it when you set up your Google Business Profile for the first time.
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Google Business Profiles Now Requests Text/WhatsApp Number During Setup
Meta is taking action against unoriginal content, cracking down on accounts that repost others’ work without permission or meaningful edits. The post Meta Follows YouTube In Crackdown On Unoriginal Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Meta Follows YouTube In Crackdown On Unoriginal Content via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern