Google Crawlers Send HTTP Requests: HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE

Gary Illyes from Google said that Google's crawlers do not only send HTTP requests such as GET and POST but also for HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE. He said the latter make up for less than 1.5% of the total number of requests all Google's crawlers send. Google sends them for JavaScript, he said.

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Google Ads Live Tests Of Strong Match Labels

Google Ads is now testing the "Strongest match" and "Strong match" labels it announced back in mid-June. This is the first time I have seen this label in the wild. I am actually a bit surprised Google went on with this test after the backlash...

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