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Microsoft Publisher Content Marketplace - Pay For AI To License Content

Microsoft Publisher Content Marketplace - Pay For AI To License Content

Microsoft announced the expansion of the Microsoft Publisher Content Marketplace. This marketplace is designed to give publishers a new revenue stream, provides AI systems with scaled access to premium content, and deliver better responses for consumers. In short, it will pay for using your content in its AI.

Feb 4, 2026 - 7:51 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google Hit Self-Promotional Listicles In Recent Unconfirmed Updates?

Google Hit Self-Promotional Listicles In Recent Unconfirmed Updates?

Google may have hit those self-promotional and self-serving listicle articles in one of the more recent unconfirmed Google search ranking updates. Lily Ray dug into a pattern she spotted with these types of pieces of content, mostly in the SaaS space, being hit hard with the January Google updates.

Feb 4, 2026 - 7:41 am

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Google On Serving Markdown Pages To LLM Crawlers

Google On Serving Markdown Pages To LLM Crawlers

Google's John Mueller responded to a question on the pros and cons of serving raw markdown pages to LLM crawlers and bots. John didn't say much but he did list a number of concerns and things you should be on top of, if you do go down that avenue.

Feb 4, 2026 - 7:31 am
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Google Ad Network Invalid Clicks Report: Fraud vs Accidental

Google Ad Network Invalid Clicks Report: Fraud vs Accidental

Mike Ryan posted data on the percentage of invalid clicks on the Google Ad Network, broken down by fraudulent clicks or likely accidental clicks. It shows the Google Display Network has the most invalid clicks, but search partners have the most fraudulent invalid clicks.

Feb 4, 2026 - 7:21 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Googlebot File Limit Is 15MB But 64MB For PDF & 2MB For Other File Types

Googlebot File Limit Is 15MB But 64MB For PDF & 2MB For Other File Types

We have known for a long time that Google can crawl web pages up to the first 15MB but now Google updated some of its help documentation to clarify that it will crawl the first 64MB of a PDF file and the first 2MB of other supported file types.

Feb 4, 2026 - 7:11 am