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Some tech giants are taking steps to curate the Russian content that hits their platforms. It is time Google did the same in its search results. Google’s search results for Russian search queries related to Ukraine are almost entirely dominated by a handful of known Russian pro-Putin propaganda publications, such as Izvestia, Russia Today and Ria News. How is this happening when several credible Ukrainian and Western publications deserving to rank? And how is this happening when Google has stated its commitment to fighting disinformation? Here’s why Google needs to fix…

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Google has told employees they should start coming into the office three days a week, beginning April 4, as the pandemic winds down. Like many companies, Google has changed its plans multiple times as the pandemic has continued. The company was preparing to bring employees back to the office months ago, before the Omicron variant gained traction. According to Geekwire, the company has notified employees in the Seattle and Kirkland, Washington area, that they will be required to be in the office at least three days a week. The company…

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This feature first launched in 2017 in the local panel and Google appears to be testing it in Google Maps. Google is testing displaying the questions and answers feature in the Google Maps interface that it initially launched in 2017 for local panels in Google Search. Now some are able to see the questions and answers box in Google Maps local listings for businesses, although I cannot personally replicate this. What it looks like. Allie Margeson posted a screenshot of this on Twitter: Previously. Google only launched this officially in desktop search, on mobile search, or on Android…

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In this tutorial, you’ll learn a step-by-step process you can use to create a multisite URL Inspection monitoring system. On January 31, Google released the URL Inspection API, enabling you to programmatically check the status of URLs in bulk (based on properties you have access to in GSC). Although you could always inspect one URL at a time in GSC to see if a URL was indexed, this is the first time you can check the indexing status of URLs in bulk (based on data directly from Google). The API opens…

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After nearly two years, the new Partners program requirements have taken effect and Google will notify all Partners of their current status. Google has launched the new Google Partners program, the company announced Wednesday. This means that Partners program requirement changes have now taken effect. Google will notify all Partners of their current status. Those that have already met the new requirements will receive their Partners badge immediately and those that have not will receive their badge as soon as they meet all the requirements. Google initially announced requirement changes to this program in February…

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Google is backing down after igniting a firestorm, and will not force free, legacy G Suite accounts to upgrade to paid Google Workspace plans. Google allows individuals and businesses to use its services in concert with their own domain name. This means they can have an email that ends in their domain name, rather than @gmail.com. For years, it was possible to sign up for this service, called G Suite, for free. Eventually Google renamed the service to Google Workspace and ended the free accounts, although existing accounts were grandfathered…

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Google has confirmed a bug impacting how ads are served on Gmail desktop with Safari browsers. Google has confirmed a bug impacting how ads are served on Gmail desktop with Safari browsers. This is impacting only Google Ads that should be served in Gmail for users accessing their email using the Safari desktop browser. What is the issue. The issue seems to be an issue with displaying or serving the ads to this “significant subset of users” on Safari desktop while accessing Gmail. When it started. Google said this issue first started on Saturday…

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Mobile or online sports bets can be placed in New York beginning Saturday morning and with that Google Ads is adapting. New York state will begin allowing mobile or online sports bets to be placed beginning Saturday, January 8, 2022. With that Google has updated its Google Ads gambling policy to allow ads for sports betting from certified and state-licensed entities in New York State. This was confirmed by the New York State Gaming Commission yesterday and it goes into effect tomorrow at 9am local time. The announcement. Google posted the announcement saying…

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Google Ads was down Tuesday evening, impacting a large number of users. Users started experiencing issues with Google Ads Tuesday evening. The company acknowledged an issue impacting its users. We’re aware of a problem with Google Ads affecting a significant subset of users. Just under three hours later, the company said the problems was fixed. The problem with Google Ads has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. The affected users are able to access Google Ads, but may not have access to…

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This overlapped other ranking updates and a Google map and local pack update design change. Google has confirmed that it ran a local search ranking update between November 30th and December 8th — it is calling the November 2021 local search update. Google said this update was about “rebalancing of various factors we consider in generating local search results.” Why we care. You may have noticed significant local ranking changes in the Google Maps and local pack results. This, along with the new local interface update, may have resulted in traffic changes to your…

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