Google Search & Maps Get Upgrades For Greener Travel
Google updates Search and Maps to show greener travel options and highlight emissions data.
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Google updates Search and Maps to show greener travel options and highlight emissions data.
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Google rolls out Search Console enhancements allowing owners to remove, verify unused ownership tokens for improved security.
Google launches AI image tools for advertisers to streamline creative production in Demand Gen campaigns.
Google to stop serving ad customizers for text ads and dynamic search ads, pushing marketers to responsive search ads.
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Google tests limiting California news links, warning proposed pay-for-link law could harm local outlets.
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Google improves website interactivity metric by collaborating with consent management platforms, yielding faster load times when cookies are accepted.
Google’s John Mueller advises website owners on penalties, proper content practices, and HTTP status codes.
YouTube unveils Affiliate Hub, a new shopping tool for creators to boost ecommerce monetization.
Google shares more details about the impact of content quality on webpage indexing.
Google’s forum carousel sparks debate, raising concerns about misinformation and prompting a response from the company.
YouTube introduces new impression insights, enabling channels to see a breakdown of new and returning viewers.
Google’s new tutorial can help you identify and resolve Interaction to Next Paint (INP) issues.
Google’s Gary Illyes aims to reduce web crawling without sacrificing quality, prioritizing URLs that “deserve” crawling.
Google discontinues Translate’s Contribute feature, citing improvements in translation quality driven by advanced machine learning techniques.
Google’s John Mueller cautions against over-optimizing Core Web Vitals, suggesting incremental improvements may not significantly impact search rankings.
Google redefines “top” ads in search results, which can now appear above or below organic results.
Study reveals Google’s AI search experience may impact brand visibility, prompting marketers to reassess SEO strategies.
YouTube warns creators: Deleting videos may harm channel growth, advises keeping content public or unlisted.
Google Search Liaison clarifies that websites with ads can rank well, though it’s important to balance monetization with user experience.
Google Analytics 4 update unifies conversion reporting across Ads and Analytics, introducing ‘key events’ and privacy-first measurement solutions.
Google rolls out new search features in Europe, including changes to shopping results, to comply with EU regulations.
Google concludes March spam update targeting AI content and authority abuse; core update continues.
Google integrates SafeSearch tool into Search Console, enabling website owners to manage explicit content settings alongside SEO tools.
YouTube forces creators to label AI-generated videos, aiming to help viewers distinguish real from synthetic content.
TikTok launches its new Creator Rewards Program, which incentivizes users to produce search-optimized, high-quality, original content.
Google’s Search Relations team reveals that high-quality, user-centric content is the key to increasing crawl demand, debunking crawl budget myths.
Google Search Console adds Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric to Core Web Vitals report.