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This day in search marketing history: January 3

Google’s sponsored post campaign forces Google to penalize Google Chrome’s home page In 2012, Google’s sponsored post campaign to promote its Chrome browser produced posts that violated its guidelines against “thin” content and potentially those against buying links. A day later, we found out what happened, according to Google. In Google: Yes, Sponsored Post Campaign Was

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Google algorithm updates 2022 in review: Core updates, product reviews, helpful content updates, spam updates and beyond

This year had different stresses accompanying the Google algorithm updates, fewer pandemic stresses, and more recession-related stress. We had ten confirmed Google algorithm updates this year, the same number of confirmed algorithm updates we had in 2021. This year, we had a brand new ranking system named the helpful content update, and we had two

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How Google Autocomplete works

When you go to the Google homepage, you’ll most likely know what you’re about to type into the search box – whether you’re checking in on the weather forecast, looking for a business or service, or want to find out where you recognize that actor from. (Unless you’re “feeling lucky,” that is.) You enter a word

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Merchant Center Feeds issue

Just in time for the holidays, Google has reported a Feeds issue in Merchant Center. The following is a screenshot from the status dashboard. Why we care. This issue could affect your product feed. Keep an eye on the dashboard for a resolution. The post Merchant Center Feeds issue appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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