Marketplaces win when SEO is baked into the product. Kevin Indig breaks down what’s working, and what AI will eat next.
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Effective Marketplace SEO Is More Like Product Growth via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
Subtle shifts in branded search behavior can signal deeper issues with trust, product quality, or messaging. The post When SEO Can Be A Brand Health Signal appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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When SEO Can Be A Brand Health Signal via @sejournal, @TaylorDanRW
Jun 25
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Google has updated its search ranking algorithm to “more strongly affect the sites that host explicit videos but don’t allow Googlebot to fetch those video files” which may lead to a “significant drop in ranking” for some of these sites. Google also updated its SafeSearch documentation with new best practices and details.
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Google Updates Ranking Algorithm For Explicit Content & Videos While Updating SafeSearch Docs
Jun 25
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With 30+ updates from GML 2025, Google Ads is going full AI. Here’s what actually matters for campaign performance and planning
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Google Marketing Live 2025: Here’s Everything That Was Announced via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
Google has released version 20 of the Google Ads API, this is a major release, and we are expecting two more major releases in 2025. Google updated its API release schedule update, there is new Demand Gen ad_network_type reporting, Platform comparable conversions and Campaign-level negative keywords for PMax – plus more.
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Google Ads API Version 20 Now Available
Several individuals have inquired whether Google has been indexing fewer pages on websites since late May. I’ve seen a number of complaints, and while nothing is verified on Google’s end, I wanted to share these reports with you.
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Drop In Google Indexing Less Since Late May 2025?
Jun 25
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Cyrus Shepard posted about how FTX, you know, the company Sam Bankman-Fried ran, is now suing Neil Patel and his company, for $55 million. There are a ton of whoppers in this lawsuit, and I have no idea who is right or wrong here, but as Cyrus noted, Neil Patel went through lots of efforts to hide this in the Google search results.
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FTX Sued Neil Patel For Millions
Jun 25
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Bloomberg’s Emily Chang interviewed Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, last night at the Bloomberg Tech summit in San Francisco. The interview covered a ton of topics and was pretty fast-paced
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Bloomberg Interviewed Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai: Search Will Grow, AI Content & Publishers Decline
WordPress has released a plugin that achieves smooth transitions between pages without the tradeoffs of Single Page Applications The post WordPress Performance Team Releases New Plugin appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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WordPress Performance Team Releases New Plugin via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google has published official guidance on how to recover a website that is incorrectly filtered by the SafeSearch filter The post Google Publishes Guidance For Sites Incorrectly Caught By SafeSearch Filter appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Publishes Guidance For Sites Incorrectly Caught By SafeSearch Filter via @sejournal, @martinibuster