Bing Says Fake It & You'll Never Make It

Here is a good like from Frédéric Dubut, the PM at Bing Search and former lead on spam at Bing. He said when he was working on spam at Bing he use to tell webmasters "fake it and you'll never make it."

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Submitting URLs Does Not Lead To Google Reprocessing Your Sitemaps

John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that if you use the submit URL within Google Search Console that it has no influence on Google reprocessing your XML sitemap file. He said Google just regularly reprocesses that XML sitemap file, so there is nothing you need to do there.

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Google Shopping Goes Free Worldwide In Mid-October

Google announced that by mid-October it will make Google Shopping free not just in the US, but also worldwide. Google said it is "bringing free listings to the Shopping tab in countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America."

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Masked Martin Splitt Visits Google Zurich Office

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New Instagram Resources For Small Businesses via @MattGSouthern

Instagram is launching a mini-site full of new resources created to help small businesses get the most out of Instagram Shops.

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Google Says Changing Web Layout Can Affect Rankings via @martinibuster

Google cautioned that updating a web layout can affect rankings, even if URLs and content remain the same.

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Facebook Merges Messenger With Instagram DMs via @MattGSouthern

Facebook is bringing the best of Messenger to Instagram DMs which will allow users on both platforms to seamlessly connect with each other.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2020

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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