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PSA: Google Top Stories Eligibility For All Pages, Not Just AMP Or Good Page Experience Scores

This is just a reminder, since I covered this back last April but I forgot myself, there is really no top stories eligibility requirements in Google Search anymore. It use to be that you needed to have AMP pages to be eligible in top stories on mobile. But that went away and you also do not need to have good page experience to be in top stories either.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/2udc7NF

Google Tests Search Bar Filters & Options On Top Right Side

I am seeing multiple reports of Google placing the search bar filters, you know, the bar that says "all, videos, news, images, more, etc" which is normally placed under the search box, is being tested on the right hand side of the search box. It doesn't look like a bug but Google has had many weird quirks recently.

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Google Blocks Search Ads From So-Called Donetsk People's Republic & Luhansk People's Republic

Google has posted a new legal requirement policy that blocks search ads related to what is going on with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The policy says that entities and individuals who are restricted cannot create or use a Google Ads account or have Google Ads used on their behalf for those who are located in or reside in so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LNR).