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Google Will Charge You for Missed Calls: Your 26 August Brief

From 1 October, Google Local Services Ads will charge you for calls nobody answered, and for the follow up call as well.…

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Monday Brief: Google Quietly Repaired Two of Its Own Faults Over the Weekend

Google confirmed on Sunday that the search favicon bug is fully fixed, and repaired the Search Console crawl stats gap over the…

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Your Bid Target Just Became an Instruction: Search and Social Update for 17 August 2026

Google's Smart Bidding change went live today, so a target you set as a ceiling is now an instruction. ChatGPT Ads started…

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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…

Search and social update: 30 July 2026

Google Search Console can now report on your Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube posts, and it arrives just as zero-click searches hit…

Google can now strip the stars off your search listing: search and social update, 28 July 2026

Google has banned fake and undisclosed incentivised reviews from review snippets, with manual actions for sites that ignore it. Plus the zero-click…

Google Rankings Wobble and AI Overviews Bite: Your Marketing Brief for 27 July 2026

An unconfirmed Google update rattled rankings over the weekend, with some sites reporting drops of up to 70 percent. Meanwhile AI Overviews…

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Google Rankings Wobble Again, and Your Instagram Now Shows Up in Search Console: What This Week Means for Your Business

Google rankings wobbled again this weekend with no confirmed update, and Search Console can now track your Instagram, TikTok and YouTube content.…

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Your Social Posts Now Show Up in Google Search Console: What Changed in Search and Social This Week

Google now reports how your Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube content performs inside Search. Add AI Overviews on nearly half of all…

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