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Google had some more ranking volatility around the Super Bowl weekend. Reddit blamed Google for not meeting its expected user growth. Google Search is now faster for some users. Google had a reviews count bug that it later confirmed and later fixed. Google image search may be down ranking AI-generated images. Google Publisher Center changed to automatically generated publication pages. Google has a beta for membership loyalty pricing markup for Merchant Center structured data. Google Search can show future snippet dates. Google Search can now do AI organized local events. Google is testing filters on the latest posts carousel. Bing Webmaster Tools date selector was updated. Google LSA lead quality has dropped says advertisers. Google Ads customer match list will expire in 540 days. Google Ads posts a new brand guidelines update for March. Google Ads will update its gambling and games policy. Bing is testing and dropping its AI labels for AI answers. Yahoo Search is showing links in its AI Answers. That was the search news this week at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- 0:00 - Introduction
- 0:59 - Google Super Bowl LIX Search Ranking Update
- 1:39 - Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Change For Weaker Than Expected Growth
- 2:56 - Google Search Faster By About 60 Milliseconds
- 3:23 - Google Local Reviews Decreasing Over Past 24 Hours
- 3:35 - Google Confirms Review Count Issue - Working On Fix
- 3:47 - Google Review Count Bug Fix Rolling Out
- 4:11 - Is Google Image Search Down Ranking AI Images?
- 4:53 - Google Publisher Center Changes: Automatically Generated Publication Pages
- 5:42 - Google Merchant Listing New Membership Loyalty Pricing Property
- 6:10 - Google Search Snippet Showing Future Date: Bug Or Feature?
- 6:47 - Google Search AI Organized Local Events
- 7:11 - Google Tests Filters On Latest Posts Carousel
- 7:34 - Bing Webmaster Tools Updates Date Selectors
- 7:57 - Advertisers: Google LSA Lead Quality Drops After Auto Lead Credits
- 8:24 - Google Ads Customer Match Lists To Have 540 Days Expiration Date
- 8:44 - Google Ads Posts Notice For Brand Guidelines March 2025 Update
- 9:06 - Google Ads Gambling and Games Policy Update On April 14th
- 9:42 - Bing Tests Dropping AI Labels From AI Answers
- 9:55 - Yahoo Search AI Answers Now Showing Link Sources
- 10:15 - Conclusion
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