Google’s February Discover core update is complete after a roughly 22-day rollout. Early data suggests fewer domains in top slots.
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Google’s February Discover core update is complete after a roughly 22-day rollout. Early data suggests fewer domains in top slots.
The post Google’s Discover Core Update Finishes Rolling Out appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Bing rewrote its webmaster guidelines to cover Copilot grounding, meta directive controls for AI answers, and a softened stance on AI-generated content.
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Lack of support for an independent WordPress plugin and theme repository leads Joost de Valk to step away.
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Google’s Gary Illyes clarifies why resource hints do not influence Googlebot’s crawling behavior, and notes that HTML validity is not a ranking factor.
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Researchers compared two ways to improve rankings in LLMs: Shadow Model and Query-based solutions.
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Anthropic updated its crawler documentation to list separate Claude bots for training, search indexing, and user requests, with visibility tradeoffs when blocked.
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Survey data shows 49% of U.S. consumers have used TikTok for search, but Gen Z’s TikTok-over-Google preference is dropping.
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SerpApi filed a motion to dismiss Google’s DMCA lawsuit, arguing the search giant lacks standing to invoke copyright law over publicly visible search results.
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Early third-party tracking data offers a first look at how Google’s February Discover core update is changing what users see in their feeds.
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Google’s John Mueller points to site content as the reason for Search Console sitemap error messages
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