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Search Buzz Video Roundup
A weekly video recap of search news, SEO advice and contextual tips from Barry Schwartz of the Search Engine Roundtable. Visit us at http://www.SERoundtable.com/
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- Search Buzz Video Roundup
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Scaled Content Abuse From Facebook, ChatGPT Search 20% Of Google & More SEO, PPC & Local
This week, we covered Facebook’s latest AI-slop strategy that likely will get hit by Google’s scaled content abuse policy. Google said important URLs can still…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility X2, Spam Updates, AI Overviews Everywhere, Blending Ads & Organic, Google & Microsoft Earnings
This week, we reported on Google Search volatility not once but twice this week. Google warned tools on user-generated spam guidelines. Google downplayed the…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Chatter, PHP Exploit, AI SEO Worthwhile, Google Local, Google Ads, ChatGPT Ads & More
This week, yes, we saw even more Google search ranking volatility chatter but still no official core update. Google shared how to handle Google Search if you…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Poisoning Tracking Tools, Google AI Results Updates, Discover To Change, Google Ads, ChatGPT & SEO
Google seems to be poisoning the third-party tracking tools with fake data and paywalls; this is wreaking havoc on keyword tracking. Google launched Gemini 4…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update Done, Penalties Rise, Factcheck AI, Content Quality, Fake Authors, Ads & So Much More
was a super busy week, so there is a lot more content in this recap compared to most. We start off with the Google September 2026 spam update completing, it…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update Impact, Google Not Paying Much For Your Content, Google Feels Sad & Terrible and more
This week, we covered the first impact felt by the Google September 2026 spam update. And then on Wednesday and Thursday we had the second impact of this spam…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google September 2026 Spam Update Is Here, Goodbye Discover Traffic, Multimodal Search Reporting & CrUX Ad Metrics In Page Experience
This week, Google announced yet another spam update, the fourth of the year, the September 2026 Google spam update. Prior to that, we reported on more Google…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Unusual Google Search Ranking Volatility, Ad Tech Monopoly Remedies, AI Contribution Publisher Payouts & More
This week we covered the first week or so of Google’s unusual ranking volatility only to see things spike up in a big way this week as well - something is up…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Degrades EU Search Quality, Losing Faith In Your Site, AI Mode Match Types & Google Maps Photo Scams
This week we covered how Google said it launched its biggest reduction in search quality in Europe over the DMA laws. Google also posted a document on the…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ad Tech Monopoly Wonât Be Broken Up, AI Mode Takes Over, Gemini Not Citing, AdSense Impression Changes & Bugs
This week, we covered how Google for the second time dodged being broken up, this time over its ad tech monopoly. Google AI Overviews are expanding by…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google GoTo Parameter Fight, PDFs Go Missing In Google, SEO For AI Responses & Google and Microsoft Ads News
Another week, more volatility within the Google Search results. Google is also swapping out direct links to go-to URL redirect links in its search results to…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Unleashed The August 2026 Spam Update, Gemini 3.7 Powers AI Mode, Google and Microsoft Ads News & More
Google has released its third spam update of the 2026 year, the August 2026 spam update this week and finished rolling out Friday morning at 4:50am. Google…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google AI Home Page Test, AI Local Pack Slop, Google Poaching Advertisers & Meta Building A Search Engine
This week, we of course had more Google search ranking volatility, this time on the 12th. Google is testing new AI buttons on its home page...
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Wild Google Ranking Volatility, Reddit Special Preference, Big Google Executive Shakeup & More Search News
This week, we covered two unconfirmed Google search ranking updates, one mid-week and one over the weekend - some were pretty big. Google said Reddit gets no…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Platform Properties Live, Google Ads Lead Journey Mapping, Microsoft Ads, ChatGPT Ads & More SEO
This week, yep, we had more ongoing Google Search volatility but a calming period on Wednesday. Google has rolled out the platform properties to track X…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Sends Billions Of Clicks From AI Search, Publisher To Block Google, $120 Billion Quarter, EU's $1 Billion Fine & More
This week, we covered more Google Search ranking volatility. Google said it sends billions of clicks to websites every week through AI search. Large publishers…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google 7/11 Update, Bing Penalties, Google Images, AI Overviews AI Images, Google Ads Updates, ChatGPT Ads Features & Apple Maps
This week, we saw some Google Search ranking volatility around July 11th, so I called it the 7-Eleven update. Bing said it does not do one-off search penalties…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Breaks Usage Records, Social & Video Platforms Show In Search Console & More Google Ads, ChatGPT Ads & More
This week in search, we covered how Google’s Nick Fox announced Google Search broke all usage records when Argentina scored its winning goal in the World Cup…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June Spam Update Done, Fraud DMCA Takedowns Breaks Google, Costly Google Ad Budget Changes & More
This week, I covered that Google’s June 2026 spam update completed last Friday afternoon. Fraudulent DMCA takedown requests are breaking Google Search and no…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June 2026 Spam Update Hits Hard, Google Ads Strength Match Labels, AI Reporting Access & More
This week, Google released the June 2026 spam update, Google said it was a normal spam update but it does feel like this one started a bit earlier and was a…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility, Bing AI Reporting Updates, UK Orders Google To Hand Over Its Search Ranking Algorithm & More
This week, we covered the typical and ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. UK’s CMA ordered Google to share its search ranking algorithm and enable data…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Post-Core Update Volatility, Zero Clicks Rising, Appleâs Siri AI & Google SEO Docs
This week, we covered the post-Google core update volatility that hit some folks hard. An updated zero click study shows Google Search is sending less and less…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May Core Update Done, AI Performance Reports & Controls, Google Ads, ChatGPT Ads, Microsoft Scout & Tools
This week, I recorded from Boston - sorry for the appearance. We covered the Google May 2026 core update rolling out. Google Search Console released to a few…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google May Core Update Status, Buying AI Brand Mentions, Preferred Sources In AI Responses, Google Ads, Local & Legal
This week in search, we gave a status update on the Google May 2026 core update. Google strongly warned against buying mentions for AI or manipulating mentions…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google's New Search Box, Gemini 3.5 Flash Powers AI Mode, New Google Ads, Ranking Volatility & More I/O GML News
This week, we had both Google I/O and Google Marketing Live, so we have a lot of news. Google launched a new search box it is calling the intelligent search…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility Heated, Discover Data Goes Missing, FAQ Rich Results Totally Gone & Google Ads AI Dashboards
This week in search I covered, yep, heated Google search ranking volatility kicking in the middle of this week. Google updated its spam policies to say it also…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google AI Systems Black Box, Links In AI, UCP Checkout Expands, ChatGPT Ad Manager, Ask.com Shutters & More
This week in search we covered more heated Google ranking volatility this morning, it seems big - so stay tuned. We also covered how Google spoke about how…
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Back Button Hijacking Notices & AdSense Triggers, Bing Webmaster Tools Teases AI Reporting & More
This week in search, we are seeing yet again more Google search ranking volatility. Google sent out notifications about back button hijacking penalties to…