New Insights Highlight X’s Shift to the Right Under Elon Musk

Democrat users report increasing unease at X’s changes.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Shares Data on NBA Finals Related Search Terms

The NBA Championship series gets underway this week.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

An interesting look at which pages Google started deindexing in late May, 2025 – Marie Haynes

Many SEOs are noticing that Google is indexing less content since late May, 2025. I have access to a bunch of sites in GSC and thought it would be interesting to see what patterns I could find. In most cases, there is a drop in inedexed pages that starts on May 27, 2025. These are […]

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SEO Blog by Marie Haynes Consulting

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 5, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google updated its explicit search ranking algorithm to target sites hiding explicit videos, plus Google updated its SafeSearch documentation. Are you noticing an indexing decline since late May…

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Search Engine Roundtable

FTX Sues Neil Patel for $55 Million

Cyrus Shepard posted about how FTX, you know, the company Sam Bankman-Fried ran, is now suing Neil Patel and his company, for $55 million. There are a ton of whoppers in this lawsuit, and I have no idea who is right or wrong here, but as Cyrus noted, Neil Patel went through lots of efforts to hide this in the Google search results.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Indexing Less Since Late May 2025?

Several individuals have inquired whether Google has been indexing fewer pages on websites since late May. I’ve seen a number of complaints, and while nothing is verified on Google’s end, I wanted to share these reports with you.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Updates Ranking Algorithm For Explicit Content & Videos; Updates SafeSearch Documentation

Google has updated its search ranking algorithm to "more strongly affect the sites that host explicit videos but don’t allow Googlebot to fetch those video files" which may lead to a "significant drop in ranking" for some of these sites. Google also updated its SafeSearch documentation with new best practices and details.

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Search Engine Roundtable

How to Use SparkToro + LLMs to Do Marketing Magic – SparkToro

Most folks who follow me know I’m a bit of a late adopter and skeptic of AI. Yes, it can do some impressive things that takes humans a long, painful

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SparkToro

Google Tests AI Versions of High-Profile Influencers

The bots will be trained on the creators’ content and input.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Anthropic’s CPO on what comes next | Mike Krieger (co-founder of Instagram)

How Anthropic’s CPO, Mike Krieger, uses AI to reinvent product development, raise curious kids, and build the future of work

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Lenny’s Newsletter

Bloomberg Interviews Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai

Bloomberg’s Emily Chang interviewed Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, last night at the Bloomberg Tech summit in San Francisco. The interview covered a ton of topics and was pretty fast-paced. It goes across AI, search, the monopoly case and more.

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Search Engine Roundtable

18 Real-Life Analogies to Explain SEO to Anyone

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LinkedIn Shares Video Posting Best Practices

Some handy pointers for your LinkedIn content strategy.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

X Tests New Process to Reduce Political Division in the App

The experiment will highlight posts that see cross-political agreement.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Snapchat Launches Apple Watch App

Now you’ll be able to stay in touch with Snap conversations at all times.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

X Reforms API Pricing As it Seeks More Revenue Options

X is shifting to a revenue share model for projects that use its API.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Snapchat Shares Notes on the Effectiveness of Skippable Versus Non-Skippable Ads

Skippable ads are good for recall, but that may not always be a positive.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Ads API Version 20 Now Out

Google has released version 20 of the Google Ads API, this is a major release, and we are expecting two more major releases in 2025. Google updated its API release schedule update, there is new Demand Gen ad_network_type reporting, Platform comparable conversions and Campaign-level negative keywords for PMax – plus more.

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Search Engine Roundtable

SEO Consultant ~ Botify ~ $130,000 ~ Remote (US)

Botify’s leading agentic AI search technology and seasoned experts ensure every brand has the power to be found, both in traditional and AI search. With one powerful platform, brands achieve visibility, relevance, and greater control across Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and more. Botify’s technology powers agentic workflows, AI-driven recommendations, and automated cross-platform indexation and deployment. […]

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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

SEO & Copywriting Specialist ~ Inhabit ~ Remote (US)

About Inhabit Inhabit operates a unique collective of tech-forward companies serving the residential, commercial, and short-term rental industries. Our team members deliver best-in-class software solutions and services while fostering innovation and collaboration with business leaders and industry experts. Inhabit believes that property managers are central to the success of the residential and short-term rental markets […]

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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

SEO Specialist ~ CitizenShipper ~ $94.3k ~ Remote (US)

SEO Specialist: Build the Rankings. Own the Revenue. Leave a Legacy This isn’t your typical SEO job. We’re not looking for someone to update meta tags and beg for backlinks. We’re looking for a ranking-obsessed growth animal — someone who treats organic traffic like a high-stakes battlefield. If you see search as the greatest compounding […]

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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

SEO Content Writer ~ Metricool ~ $50-60k ~ Remote (US)

If you love helping marketing teams reach their market, not only positioning but creating great content for social media managers, at Metricool, you will be able to do it with creativity and strategy freedom. You can work 100% remotely in an international and fast-growth company where all the team members love to create, work in […]

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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com