Google Deletes Its Autogenerated Web Stories & They Now 404

The other day I reported how Google was showing featured snippets with overlays but some of those featured snippets were autogenerated web stories generated by Google's own AI techniques. Well, after I covered it last night again at Search Engine Land and spoke to Google about it, it seems Google has deleted and 404ed those web stories.

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20 of the Most Emotionally Engaging Christmas Ads of 2020 (So Far) via @gregjarboe

YouTube is a valuable marketing tool during the holidays. Watch some brands' holiday video ads and gain valuable SEO insights from them here.

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Google: Private Whois Domain Name Data Does Not Impact Rankings

Google's John Mueller said that having a private whois domain name registration status does not change how Google trusts the site. It really does not impact the site's rankings in Google Search.

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Google Local Adds Messaging Button To Google Posts

Looks like Google is adding a message button on the Google Posts for local business profiles. Previously we saw a message button on the "updates" section, but now we are seeing then on the larger Google Posts section.

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Google Search Console Crawl Stats Report Is Now Outstanding

Google has announced the launch of the new crawl stats report and to be honest, it is a huge upgrade from the previous report. This report now gives you data you can use to debug crawl issues and check the health of your site with crawl related issues in Google Search.

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Google On Sticks

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Instagram is Letting Advertisers Create Posts With Users’ Accounts via @MattGSouthern

Instagram is giving advertisers the ability to publish sponsored posts from users’ accounts through an update to branded content ads.

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Twitter is Bringing Back Public Verifications via @MattGSouthern

Twitter is bringing back verifications after shutting down public applications three years ago. The program is relaunching with a few changes made to the process.

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