Google Goldmine Search Content Ranking System?
Have you heard of the Google Goldmine Scoring System? It supposedly looks at your page, your content, and Google gives it a goldminePageScore, title tag factor, body factor, anchor factor, heading factor and more.
Google Adds Help Page For Discover Feed Source
A couple of weeks ago, Google added a new help page titled Discover feed source overview. This page discusses those cards in the Google Discover feed and when Google gets the source name wrong, like for those entity Discover pages.
Google Ads Auto-Apply Recommendations Setting Updated
Google has updated its Auto-Apply Recommendations setting within the Google Ads interface. The button moved to just above the regular recommendations section.
The Definitive Guide to On-Page SEO after the Google Leak
TLDR: Based on the revelations from the Google Content Warehouse, an effective on-page SEO strategy should be built around the following core principles (which I explore in this article): Optimise for the entire ranking pipeline. Engineer for “go…
What is ‘Firefly’? Google’s Scaled Content Abuse System: QualityCopiaFireflySiteSignal
Disclaimer: This is not official. Any article (like this) dealing with the Google Content Data Warehouse leak requires a lot of logical inference when putting together the framework for SEOs, as I have done with this article. I urge you to double-check…
The CRAPS System: How Users Shape Google Results
The ultimate ranking factor is the demonstrated ability to satisfy user intent, and the CrapsData model is the primary record of that satisfaction.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 10, 2025
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.
Google Business Profiles has a new way to report review extortion scams…
New: Google Business Profile Report Negative Review Extortion Scams
Google has published a new help document on the topic of Google Business Profile negative review extortion scams. The document explains what they are, how to report the scam, what to expect and more importantly, what not to do.
Google Ads Missed Growth Opportunities Tab
Google is testing a new section within the Google Ads advertising console named “Missed Growth Opportunities.” This section shows you the “performance you could’ve achieved in the last year if you’d adjusted your bids and budgets for campaigns with gro…
GA4 Surge In Organic Search Traffic But Search Console Flat
There are a nice number of reports of GA4, Google Analytics, showing a huge surge in organic search traffic over the past couple of days, but Google Search Console is not showing any increase, it remains flat. Some are suspecting this is the result of…
Google Voice Search Now Powered By Speech-to-Retrieval (S2R)
Google has updated its Voice Search models to be powered by Speech-to-Retrieval (S2R). Google said this allows it to “gets answers straight from your spoken query without having to convert it to text first, resulting in a faster, more reliable search f…
Microsoft Ads Posts On How To Optimize For AI Search Answers
The Microsoft Advertising blog posted about how to optimize for AI Search Answers. I thought it was weird to see this on the Microsoft Advertising blog and not on the Bing Search blog, because (a) it is an ad blog and (b) it was written by Krishna Madh…
E-E-A-T Decoded: Google’s Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust
E-E-A-T, an acronym for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust, serves as a conceptual model for what Google deems valuable to its users.
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Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up October 7th & 8th
While I was offline, it seems the chatter within the SEO industry spiked around the topic of search ranking volatility. It is harder to confirm the volatility, now with the tools recalibrating, but it does seem something started around Tuesday, October…
Google AdSense Authorized Buyers To Replace Ad Networks Blocking Controls
Google announced it will replace the “Ad networks” blocking control from Brand safety within in AdSense with a new “Authorized Buyers” blocking control. This will start on November 6, 2025, the company said.
Google AI Mode Expands To 35 New Languages & 40 Countries
Google AI Mode is now available in over 200 countries and territories. Google said they are expanding AI Mode to “more than 35 new languages and over 40 new countries and territories.”
Google Try On Adds Shoes & Expands To Australia, Canada and Japan
Google upgraded the Try On feature to now support shoes, in addition to other forms of clothing. Plus, Try on will soon also work in Australia, Canada and Japan, Google announced.
New Google Business Profiles Insights
Google seems to be testing a new Insights feature for Google Business Profiles. The new insights section shows you profile suggestions, like tips on getting more reviews, what to update on your profile and what information to share with your visitors -…
Google Adds Google NotebookLM To User-Triggered Fetchers
Google added Google NotebookLM to the list of Google crawlers, under the list of user-triggered fetchers. Google said they added this user-agent “based on feedback.”