This just in! Google’s new spam policies: Just yesterday, Google announced the March 2024 core update. This update includes three new spam policies: expired domain abuse, scaled content abuse, and site reputation abuse. Google writes, “Sites that violate our spam policies may rank lower in results or not appear in results at all. If affected by a spam manual action, site owners will receive a notice through their registered Search Console account and can apply to have the action reconsidered.”
Google wifes up Reddit (in the form of a $60M deal): Google will mine Reddit’s online discussions to train its AI models while Reddit will use Google’s AI to improve its internal site search. Google writes, “This partnership will facilitate more content-forward displays of Reddit information that will make our products more helpful for our users and make it easier to participate in Reddit communities and conversations.”
Writing on the web: This news is for Google Chrome users. “Help me write” will, well, do just that. You can use the feature to help you start writing or refine something you’ve already written. Click here to learn how to activate it.
Ad reporting revamp: Updates in Google Analytics will consolidate all advertising and publisher reporting into one centralized advertising section. Suh-weet!
