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    Google Launches Merchant Center For Agencies

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
    A new agency-dedicated experience Merchant Center experience from Google should streamline management

    Google explains undocumented way to disavow entire TLDs (and why you probably shouldn't)

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 11, 2026 at 4:45 AM
    Google's John Mueller revealed an interesting tip on Bluesky the other day for anyone still disavowing links. John explained that site owners can indeed disavow entire TLDs if they want to. Note...

    Google Search Your Related Activity Adds Chart

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 11, 2026 at 4:41 AM
    Google has offered this feature that shows you your past searches, including being able to see your related activity searches from the Google Search results. Now, it seems, Google added a chart to show that search activity over time.

    Survey Says: PPC is Harder Than It Was 2 Years Ago

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
    A new survey from the aptly named PPCsurvey.com shows that the majority of PPC practitioners believe that PPC is getting MORE difficult.

    Daily Search Forum Recap: March 10, 2026

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

    Programming Note: Offline For Several Days

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 10, 2026 at 4:52 AM
    This is a programming note that I will be not be posting here for the next several days. I am not exactly sure how long it will take and when I will be back at 100% but I am expecting it to take at least several days.

    Google Search Ranking Volatility Still Heated

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
    Yep, more of the same - the Google Search ranking volatility remains heated. Many are asking when we will see an officially announced Google core update. But it has not been announced yet.

    Robby Stein Of Google On Teaching AI To Link Out

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
    Robby Stein, VP, Product at Google Search, was interviewed by Zain Kah on Google AI Search features. While most of the conversation are items we already know, he did say a few interesting things that I want to pull out.

    Google Discover Tests Large Publisher Header Images

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 10, 2026 at 4:31 AM
    Google is testing a larger header image for the Google Discover publisher header images. It looks a lot more magazine-type and style.

    Google AI Voice Models Coming To Google Ads PMax Videos

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    by rustybrick
    Mar 10, 2026 at 4:21 AM
    Google Ads is rolling out Google AI voice models as a new asset optimization feature for your video ads. This is for your existing Performance Max video ads.