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Princeton · Georgia Tech · Allen Institute for AI · IIT Delhi, 2023

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Google: We Don't Penalize For Old Outbound Links With Shady Content ↗

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Google's John Mueller was asked if Google would penalize a site for old outbound links to a site that once hosted quality content and now changed ownership and hosts shady content. John said Google won't penalize such…

Aug 31, 18:59 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google European Search Dataset Licensing Program Details ↗

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Google has updated its Google European Search Dataset Licensing Program page with details on the program. Google has been designated as a "gatekeeper" under the DMA and is thus legally required to share its search data…

Aug 31, 16:13 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google Merchant Center Popular Products Enhanced Coverage & Insights ↗

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Google posted a note that it has made enhancements to the Merchant Center's Popular products reports. Specifically, the coverage and insights sections were improved back in June of this year, but Google just posted…

Aug 31, 11:41 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google Confirms Search Spam Team Is Fighting & Well Resourced ↗

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Rajan Patel, VP of Engineering for Google Search, has confirmed that the Google Search team is still well-resourced in its fight against search spam. The spam team continues to update its spam algorithms, such as the…

Aug 31, 11:21 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google AI Mode With Inline Shopping Carousel Ads & Single Ad Unit ↗

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Google is now showing shopping ads in a carousel format inline within AI Mode results. Plus, Google is also showing a similar ad unit at the bottom of the AI Mode results. We got a lot of ads in AI Mode now, and I guess…

Aug 31, 11:11 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google Ads Book Buttons Expand To Search & Performance Max ↗

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Google is expanding the book button through Reserve with Google partner integration to Google Ads Search and Performance Max campaigns. Previously, I believe, this was only available on Google Local Service Ads and maps…

Aug 28, 11:51 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google Alcohol Advertising Policy Update On September 30 ↗

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Google will be updating its alcohol advertising policy on September 30, 2026. The update "revises country-specific guidelines, expands allowed advertising locations, and provides clearer details on specific advertiser…

Aug 28, 11:21 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google Search Having Indexing/Serving Issues August 28th ↗

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Google Search seems to be having indexing or serving issues in the past hour or so. New content from the past hour doesn't seem to be showing up in Google Search results. Content from the Wall Street Journal, New York…

Aug 28, 11:15 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google AI Mode Asking Searchers To Sign In ↗

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Google is testing asking searchers to sign in within the AI Mode response. Google shows a big Google super logo and a sign in button that says "Sign in to save your..."

Aug 28, 11:11 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site

Google Search Now Lists The Supported Favicon File Formats ↗

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Google has updated the favicon search developer documentation to list out the supported favicon file formats. Google added this line that reads, "Google Search supports the following favicon file formats: BMP, GIF, ICO…

Aug 28, 11:05 UTC Search Engine Roundtable · external article, opens the publisher's site
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