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Google Ads recently added a beta to bring in videos from your social campaigns into your ad campaigns. And now, Google is testing bringing in videos in Merchant Center.

Google reportedly has a bug that displays incorrect product reviews in Google Search for a retailer. It is now pulling from text on the page that includes the Google Business Profile reviews, despite the product reviews not being there and not being marked up on the page.

This week, we have a status update on the ongoing Google December 2025 core update. Google also said it does not pre-announce core updates or quality updates. Gemini 3 Flash now powers Google AI Mode. Google Search…

Search and social now operate as a single ecosystem where shared signals, audience insights, and unified workflows drive stronger visibility and trust.
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Sam Altman addresses questions about OpenAI’s losses and path to profitability.
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Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation for the third time this week, this time to say that “while pages with a 200 HTTP status code are sent to rendering, this might not be the case for pages with a non-200 HTTP status code."

Not all websites are built to do the same job, and treating them as interchangeable often leads to poor performance and misplaced expectations. A website archetype defines the fundamental role a site plays for its audience. It describes how information is organized, how users interact with it, and what outcome defines success. Archetypes are structural…

Core Web Vitals measurements reveal a significant difference between open source and proprietary CMS platforms.
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