Google Search Advocates Aren't Suppose To Know About Ranking Anymore

Martin Splitt from Google said something I found very interesting in his video hangout from the other day. At the 25 minute mark, Martin said that his team technically now is "not supposed to know much about ranking." Historically the team did, but not after he joined in 2018.

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How to Make Original Featured Images from Stock Photos: The Shrink Trick via @sejournal, @martinibuster

How to make an original Featured Image for your articles using stock photography that Google recognizes as unique content

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Google Podcast: Deeper Insight Into Serving & More Fun Tidbits

I have to say, I love these Search Off The Record podcasts because they always contain really useful details on how Google Search works and the hosts are always fun to listen to, when they chat together. In this episode we have the regulars John Mueller, Martin Splitt, and Gary Illyes but Daniel Waisberg joined in this week.

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6 Months Since The Last Google Core Update, Google Will Announce When A New Update Is Released

It is just about six months since the last Google core update (5 weeks and 25 days) since the December 2020 core update. We have not had a core update in all of 2021. And no, Google did not release any official core update this year, despite all those unconfirmed updates.

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New From Google Marketing Live: Hotel Ads, Local Ad Campaigns, Product Feeds, Customer Match & More

Google announced a slew of new features and tools at its Google Marketing Livestream event yesterday. This includes new features for hotel ads, local campaigns, local inventory ads, customer match, insight page upgrades, performance max, product feeds, tROARS and more.

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Dog Racing Around Google Shrubs

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Facebook Targeting Individuals Who Spread False Information via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Individual members now targeted in Facebook's attack on misleading content. Members face increasing levels of punitive actions for sharing false information

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