Seen but Not Called: Search and Social Update, 2 September 2026
Calls from Google listings fell 11.9 percent and website clicks 12.5 percent, while direction requests rose 21.1 percent. Google also switched on…
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Thursday Brief: Googlebot Found Just 2% of a Site’s JavaScript Links
A 41 day experiment split one site's internal links between plain HTML and JavaScript. Googlebot found 2% of the JavaScript pages and…
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The Age of AI Search: How Dealers Stay Visible and Competitive
A NADA Show 2026 session that flatly contradicts the AI marketing advice everyone else is giving: most of what is sold as…
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Search and Social Update: 11 August 2026
YouTube doubles the watch hours a new channel needs to start earning, from 4,000 to 8,000, effective February 2027. Google also banned…
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Google Ads Starts Locking Gmail Accounts Out of Their Own Settings
Google has begun piloting a rule that stops free email addresses like Gmail from making sensitive changes to a Google Ads account.…
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Search and Social Update: 1 August 2026
Google Search Console platform properties are now available to everyone, so you can finally see which searches surface your Instagram, TikTok and…
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How to Get Found on Google: A Small Business Guide
Almost every owner wants to be higher on Google. Here’s a plain-English, do-it-today guide to local search for small businesses.
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