I Interviewed Elizabeth Tucker, Googler Responsible For The March Core Update

June 17, 2024

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Today’s roundup:

1) Siri gets overhaul as Apple goes all in on AI connected to ChatGPT.

2) YouTube tests sneaky new ad tech to beat ad blockers.

3) I Interviewed Elizabeth Tucker, Googler Responsible For The March Core Update.

Yesterday at SMX Advanced, I interviewed the Google executive who announced the March 2024 core update on the main Google blog. I asked Elizabeth Tucker a boatload of questions around SEO, the core update, the helpful content update, the search data leak and of course AI Overviews.

4) LinkedIn drops user targeting based on Groups data.

5) When Is Duplicate Content Acceptable For Local SEO? Google Explains.

6) LinkedIn Launches Premium Company Pages.

7) WhatsApp Expands Video Group Chats to 32 Participants.

8) LinkedIn Rolls Out New Newsletter Tools.

9) Google: You Can’t Completely Disregard What’s Served On Desktop For SEO.

10) Google: Disallow Crawling Of Action URLs (Buy Now, Sign Up, etc).

11) Google Maps Tests QR Codes On Business Profiles.

12) Google: We Either Trusts Or Doesn’t Trust Your Sitemap’s Lastmod Date.

More insights to explore…

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