Google Ads added location asset support for Google Maps and introduced checkbox filters to refine campaign selection. Google clarified that AI Max is not intended to target SPN inventory. Microsoft Advertising provided guidance on conditions that can cause actual bids to exceed the stated max CPC. Google Search added a mini-game aimed at increasing user search engagement. The monthly Google webmaster report was posted. Community threads emphasized careful anecdote collation, noted that disabled right-click links can indicate crawlability issues, observed strong rankings for ChatGPT and Custom GPTs, and described a publisher removing a risky directory amid a spam update.
Google Ads location assets supports searching Google Maps. Google Ads has new checkbox filters for filtering campaigns. Google says AI Max is not designed to target SPN inventory. Microsoft Advertising explains why your bids may go over the max CPC. Google Search has a mini game to get you to search more. I also posted the monthly Google webmaster report.
Collating anecdotes is fine, understanding them, understanding the outliers, and being able to condense them into a 1-paragraph summary that dares to say "nothing is critical" is what separates the "SEO experts" from the real experts., John Mueller on Bluesky Not being able to right-click links is often a sign that search engines won't be able to use those links either, John Mueller on Bluesky
Publisher with a risky directory. Now the entire section has been removed from the site. Hard to say if it dropped and then they nuked it, or if it was removed and then it dropped. But the drop was right when the spam update landed., Glenn Gabe on X
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