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Google adds Search profile badges as publishers face traffic decline

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Google published guidance for Search profile badges as the platform shifts toward following creators and publishers.

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Google released guidance for adding a Search profile badge, signaling a strategic pivot to position Search as a destination for following creators and publishers. The move reflects broader concerns about publisher traffic, as Search increasingly becomes a platform where audiences discover and follow content creators directly rather than funneling traffic to publisher sites.

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