SEO

Google says images styled with CSS won’t be indexed in Image Search, advising developers to use HTML tags for important visuals.
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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.
We had even stronger Google search ranking volatility over the weekend…

I know I just reported on the super-heated Google Search ranking volatility week we had, and how the post-core update seems more unstable than during the June 2025 core update. However, we are now seeing even more volatility over the weekend, with some reporting reversals from the events of last week.

Google clarifies that soft 404 pages consume crawl budget, even when they return a 200 OK status. Here’s how this affects your site.
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@BGatesIsaPyscho Donald trump is fucking awesome, because he says what needs saying. He was telling him off there but in a completely non confrontational way. — Mike Martin (@MikeMartinGB) Jul 28, 2025 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeMartinGB July 28, 2025 at 01:51PM

The gap between traditional SEO and AI-first search is growing. Duane Forrester shows what to cut, what to keep, and what to start doing.
The post The SEO Industry Is Teaching The Wrong Skills appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

@angel_0f_deathx None of them can be cured until the corrupt agencies running the so called charities are held to account, but they stopped him doing that. — Mike Martin (@MikeMartinGB) Jul 28, 2025 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeMartinGB July 28, 2025 at 01:29PM

@esjesjesj Not with how quick the £ is deflating in the uk. — Mike Martin (@MikeMartinGB) Jul 28, 2025 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeMartinGB July 28, 2025 at 01:27PM

@addicted2newz Even Donald trump is laughing at him and he still just lies. We could be heading into a dictatorship in the uk. This is what all dictators are like, do one thing in their country, and lie about it to the rest of the world. — Mike Martin (@MikeMartinGB) Jul 28, 2025 from Twitter

@NotFarLeftAtAll Who the fuck paid for all the matching tshirts? — Mike Martin (@MikeMartinGB) Jul 28, 2025 from Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeMartinGB July 28, 2025 at 01:23PM