January 2025 Google Webmaster Report
Talk about a busy month - the last 30 days has been pretty wild. We had the November 2024 core update finish in December, then we had a new December 2024 core update start and finish, while also having the December 2024 spam update start and finish in December as well.
Latest Articles
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 3, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google says you do not need a blog in 2025...
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google New Years Ranking Volatility, 2024 Algorithm Updates, Gemini In 2025 & More
It's the new year and why should that mean that Google Search calm down at all, in fact, it has been heated all holiday season, through New Years. I posted the 2024 Google algorithm update infographic. I also posted the January 2025 Google webmaster report...
Search Video Recaps
Google What People Are Saying Expandable Carousels
We've seen various flavors of the what people are saying sections in the search results before. We've even see Google use AI to return results within them. But it seems this expandable carousel format is live in the mobile Google search results now.
Google Ads API Does Not Currently Support Placement Exclusions For PMax
The Google Ads API currently does not accept or support placement exclusions for Performance Max campaigns. This is also the case even if specified at the account level, Michael Cloonan, a Google Ads API specialist, wrote.
Google: Adding Country Codes To URLs Won't Help For SEO
Google's John Mueller said that simply adding country codes to your URLs won't result in "any change at all" for regional ranking reasons. He added, changing your URLs will result in "temporary fluctuations" because of the URL change but it won't help you in the long run with ranking well in those regions.
Archives
Google: Startups In 2025 Don't Necessarily Need A Blog
Jan 3, 2025Bing Tests Arrow Buttons For Sitelinks Like Google
Jan 3, 2025Daily Search Forum Recap: January 2, 2025
Jan 2, 2025Google Search Console Screenshot Is What Google Search Sees
Jan 2, 2025Google Local: Places People Are Talking About
Jan 2, 2025Edit Images With AI In Google Ads Asset Library
Jan 2, 2025Google Ads Leads From Messages Beta Conversion Goals
Jan 2, 2025Google & Bing Search Team Activity On New Years 2025
Jan 1, 2025Daily Search Forum Recap: December 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024Picture of the Day
