As Reddit ranks higher in Google searches, its traffic has reportedly grown 39% year-over-year.
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Reddit Traffic Up 39%: Is Google Prioritizing Opinions Over Expertise? via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Google’s Gary Illyes says sudden crawling spikes may signal hacked sites or other issues. The post Is Google Crawling Your Site A Lot?
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Is Google Crawling Your Site A Lot? That Could Be A Bad Sign via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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. Google posted its FAQs on AI Overviews…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: June 19, 2024
The secret to successful B2B content marketing? Building trust with valuable content
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Building A Lead Generation Plan via @sejournal, @BennyJamminS
Some in the SEO industry have been asking if Google has been showing fewer links in its search results to Reddit over the past several weeks. So Mordy Obserstein pulled some Semrush data that showed a slight downtick in Reddit results in Google’s Discussion and Forums section.
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Report On If Google Showing Fewer Reddit Links In Search?
Google has posted a new document in its forums named frequently asked questions about AI Overviews.
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Google AI Overviews FAQs Including Why You Can’t Disable AI Overviews
Google’s Gary Illyes posted on LinkedIn with two common examples of when a spike in Googlebot activity, crawling, is a bad thing. The short answer is when Googlebot gets to crawling an infinite section of your site (like calendar pages that goes on forever) and when your site is hacked with a ton of new hacked pages.
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Google: Two Common Reasons When A Spike In Crawling Is Bad
Google is testing showing two more people also ask results, by default, which is a total of six people also ask, instead of the typical four people also ask that Google would show in its search results.
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Google Tests Two More People Also Ask Results (6 PPA)
Google seems to be adding a “menu” button to the Google Business Profiles, the local panels, in the web search results. I think Google has tested this one and off over the years, but as Marcin Karwowski noted, it seems to be rolling out now to some businesses.
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Google Local Panels Gains Menu Button
Google has begun rolling out a new privacy and messaging feature for AdSense ads in some US states. This is to comply with California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah privacy laws. The feature allows the site to communicate to the user about opting out of the sale or sharing of their personal information.
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New Google AdSense Privacy & Messaging For Users To Opt Out