Google Hanukkah Decorations Are Live For 2021

I've been checking for the past week, multiple times per day, and just now, Google has launched the Chanukah/Hanukkah decorations for the 2021 season. Chanukah starts this Sunday night, so I was expecting it to come soon and it is here.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 24, 2021

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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Google Ads Sports Betting Ads In Florida No Longer Allowed

Google Ads posted an update that you a no longer to promote sports betting services or ads in Florida using the Google Ads platform. Google said this is effective as of today, November 24, 2021.

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Google AdSense Matched Content Being Shut Down On March 1, 2022

Google announced that it is shutting down the AdSense Matched content ad unit types beginning on March 1, 2022. This is due to "decreasing usage of the content promotion service" and "positive customer feedback and performance results from the ads-only Matched content ad format."

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Google Confirmed Crawling Bug But Said There Were No Negative Effects

Google's John Mueller confirmed Google had a crawling issue - specifically saying "crawling for the caches had slowed down for some sites." Google said it was fixed "a while" ago and added that "it wasn't widespread, and that there were no negative effects overall."

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