Google’s John Mueller said that since the robots.txt file is cached by Google for about 24-hours, it does not make much sense to dynamically update your robots.txt file throughout the day to control controlling. Google won’t necessarily see that you don’t want Google to crawl a page at 7am and then at 9am you do want Google to crawl that page.
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Google: Don’t Dynamically Update Robots.txt File Multiple Times Per Day
FTC settlement proposal alleges that GoDaddy hosting was “blind” to security threats which compromised its customers The post FTC: GoDaddy Hosting Was “Blind” To Security Threats appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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OpenAI secretly funded and had access to a benchmarking dataset on which its new o3 AI reasoning model scored highly The post OpenAI Secretly Funded Benchmarking Dataset Linked To o3 Model appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Search confirms that it’s requiring JavaScript to block bots and scrapers The post Confirmed: Google Is Requiring JavaScript To Block SEO Tools appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google adds AI features to Workspace, but two dollar price hike and unclear settings confuse users. The post Google Workspace Support: Unclear If Opting Out AI Features Avoids Price Hike appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: January 17, 2025
For the original iTunes version, click here. This week I covered how the third-party search rank checking tools seem to have cooled, but the chatter is still pretty heated. Maybe Google is blocking these tools…
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Some are seeing a super scary Google Ads phishing scam in the Google Search ads slots.
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Scary Google Ads Phishing Scam
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Google may be bringing Search Max to Google Ads soon. A “Search Max” option is showing up in the Google Ads match type report for some advertisers.
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Google Ads Search Max Coming Soon?