YouTube introduces the ability to promote Shorts videos, letting channels get short-form content in front of more viewers.
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YouTube Lets Channels Boost Shorts Videos via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: February 18, 2025
Uncover the potential impacts of Google’s new Ask for Me on local businesses and customers. Is it a game changer, or bad for local businesses? The post Google’s New ‘Ask For Me’ Reviewed: Is This Bad For Local Businesses
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Google’s New ‘Ask For Me’ Reviewed: Is This Bad For Local Businesses?
Google’s John Mueller said that there is no persistent shortcut to faster crawling.
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Google: There Is No Persistent Shortcut To Faster Crawling
Google Search is testing a new section in the search results titled or named “Background.” This includes articles from news publishers, with I guess, more background information than you would find from others.
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Google Search Testing Background Section
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Google Ads has this section (not sure if it is new) named Advanced Plans. This feature allows you to select a “mix of ad types based on goals” and Google will create conversion creation and capture plans for you.
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Google Ads Advanced Plans
Microsoft is testing adding a new box to the knowledge panels within Bing that show related searches.
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Bing Tests Knowledge Panels With Related Searches Box
Google is testing removing the numbers from the pagination menu at the footer of the Google Search results page.
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Google Search Testing New Pagination Bar Without Numbers
AI overviews in SERPs: a challenge or opportunity for ecommerce site owners?
Google’s Rich Results tool may not be reliable for debugging structured data The post Why Google’s Rich Results Tool Can Be Misleading appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Why Google’s Rich Results Tool Can Be Misleading via @sejournal, @martinibuster