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Snapchat Shares Insights into its Evolving Efforts to Combat Drug-Related Content

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/29/25

An important area of focus for Snap.

YouTube Tests Blurred Thumbnails for Adult Content

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/29/25

Another measure to help protect users from potentially harmful exposure.

Snapchat Shares Mixed Results in Q1 2025 Report

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/29/25

Snapchat’s latest performance report shows steady increases in users and revenue.

Meta Outlines Privacy-Enhanced Approach to AI on WhatsApp

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/29/25

A more privacy-focused approach to AI on WhatsApp.

TikTok Publishes 2025 Fashion Playbook for Brands

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/29/25

Some valuable tips for fashion marketers on TikTok.

Pinterest Publishes 2025 Wedding Trends Report

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/29/25

New wedding trend insights, based on billions of Pin searches.

Meta Launches Standalone AI Chatbot App Designed for Conversational Use

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/29/25

Meta’s new standalone app is designed to be a conversational partner in everyday life.

How to Track Visibility in GenAI Platforms

Source: SEO - Practical Ecommerce

By: Ann Smarty

04/29/25

How can brands evaluate their inclusion in genAI answers? Three tools are attempting to fill that need.

SEO Content Writer ~ Propel ~ $75-82k ~ Remote (US)

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: SEOJobs

04/29/25

Are you a Content Writer looking to make a big impact at a mission-driven company? Are you looking to join a small team operating a category-leading product already used by millions of…

SEO Content Marketing Manager ~ Method CRM ~ Hybrid (Toronto, CAN)

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: SEOJobs

04/29/25

Opportunity Method is looking for a Content Marketing Manager, SEO–someone who’s a strong writer with a solid understanding of SEO. You’ll create engaging, high quality content that attracts small and medium sized…

Jr. SEO Executive ~ Keyloop ~ Remote (UK)

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: SEOJobs

04/29/25

Keyloop bridges the gap between dealers, manufacturers, technology suppliers and car buyers. We empower car dealers and manufacturers to fully embrace digital transformation. How? By creating innovative technology that makes selling cars…

Register now for Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025  |  Google Search Central Blog  |  Google for Developers

Source: Google Search Central Blog

04/29/25

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 29, 2025

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/29/25

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. OpenAI added shopping search features…

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search Gains Shopping Search Features

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/29/25

OpenAI has begun rolling out shopping search features directly into ChatGPT Search across fashion, beauty, home goods, and electronics categories. These are not ads or affiliate-driven, but they are powered by structured…

Google Says Changing Lastmod Date In Sitemap Isn’t An SEO Hack

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/29/25

Google’s John Mueller explained that changing the dates in your XML Sitemaps lastmod date to all show today, the most recent day, won’t favor your rankings or SEO. He said on Reddit,…

Bing Testing New AI Answer Summary

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/29/25

Microsoft is testing a new format for an AI Answer or AI Summary in the Bing Search results. This shows the AI generated answer as a list of terms that can be…

Google Testing New Shopping Ads Design

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/29/25

Google is testing a new design for the shopping ads format, one that looks a bit more like the image pack design than shopping ads.

Bing Testing Microsoft Name Removed From Logo

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/29/25

Microsoft is testing removing its name, i.e. Microsoft Bing, next to the logo in the Bing Search bar. Normally the search bar has the Microsoft Bing name next to the logo on…

Make product management fun again with AI agents

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Lenny Rachitsky

04/29/25

Tal Raviv shares a hands-on playbook for using AI agents to ditch PM busywork and make product management fun again.

How much product managers get paid in US, Europe, and Canada

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Lenny Rachitsky

04/29/25

Watch now | I dive into the latest compensation data for product managers across the US, UK, Europe, and Canada, unpacking trends, surprising gaps, and strategies for maximizing your earnings as a…

 Introducing the Location Dashboard: Your New Command Center for Reputation Management

Source: Unknown Source

04/28/25

Easily manage and grow your online reputation with the new location dashboard — your all-in-one hub for monitoring, managing, and improving your presence, all in one place.

April 2025 Feature Release Roundup: Transforming How You Manage Your Online Presence

Source: Unknown Source

04/28/25

Our April 2025 Release brings powerful updates to transform how you manage and grow your online presence with smarter tools and enhanced integrations.

Setting your 60/40 local business review acquisition budget

Source: Unknown Source

04/28/25

Unlock the real drivers behind Local SEO success—learn what truly impacts rankings and turns browsers into loyal customers.

AI Experts Don’t Believe AI Tools Will Lead to Mass Job Losses [Infographic]

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/28/25

AI experts are confident that the latest wave of AI tools will act in a more complementary way.

Threads is Prompting Users to Cross-Post to Instagram

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/28/25

A new way to help cross-promote Threads.

The state of tech tools in 2025

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Lenny Rachitsky

04/28/25

Watch now (24 mins) | I dive into the latest trends shaping the tech tool landscape, drawing insights from over 6,500 tech professionals across product, engineering, design, and growth roles.

The operator’s guide to product strategy

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Lenny Rachitsky

04/28/25

Chandra Janakiraman dives into a practical, step-by-step framework for crafting and aligning product strategy, which he developed during his time at companies like Meta, Headspace, and VRChat.

Should you use Google Extended in Robots.txt? – Marie Haynes

Source: SEO Blog by Marie Haynes Consulting

By: Marie Haynes

04/28/25

Google Extended is a control mechanism you can use in your robots.txt file to tell Google not to use your content for training its future Gemini models. It also stops Google from…

Welcome to Lenny’s Reads

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Lenny Rachitsky

04/28/25

An audio podcast of Lenny’s Newsletter

LinkedIn Shares Technical Specs and Posting Tips for Video Content

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/28/25

Some pointers to help maximize your LinkedIn video posts.

Study Shows That AI Bots Are More Persuasive Than Humans in Divisive Debate

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/28/25

A new study has found that AI-generated bots can successfully persuade human users.

Instagram May Soon Enable You to Add Custom Colors to Notes

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/28/25

Instagram is internally testing a new option to customize your inbox Notes.

X Continues to Lose EU Users According to Latest DSA Report

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/28/25

European users are turning away from Elon’s social media experiment.

Here’s Where Google Did (And Didn’t) Exercise Monopoly Power

Source: SEM News for Search Engine Marketers [Adweek]

By: @adweek

04/28/25

There is a huge gap in U.S. law—there are virtually no rules for how companies should behave in the digital advertising marketplace.

Here’s Where Google Did (And Didn’t) Exercise Monopoly Power

Source: SEM News for Search Engine Marketers [Adweek]

By: @adweek

04/28/25

There is a huge gap in U.S. law—there are virtually no rules for how companies should behave in the digital advertising marketplace.

Jr. SEO Specialist ~ FirmPilot ~ $50-65k ~ Remote (US)

Source: SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: SEOJobs

04/28/25

FirmPilot is seeking a Junior SEO Specialist to help power the next generation of AI-driven search optimization. If you’re energized by fast-moving environments and excited about building smarter, more scalable SEO systems,…

Sr. SEO Manager ~ DataCamp ~ Remote (UK)

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: SEOJobs

04/28/25

About DataCamp At DataCamp, we believe in empowering individuals and teams through data literacy. As a leading platform for data science and analytics education, we offer engaging, interactive courses designed by top…

SEO & Content Strategist ~ EDealer ~ $49-52k (CAD) ~ Remote (CAN)

Source: In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com

By: SEOJobs

04/28/25

EDealer is a website and software supplier for the Automotive Industry. Our mission is simple: To ensure car dealers build great business and manage inventory. Steadfast in our commitment to create exceptional…

How to Do an Actually Useful PPC Competitive Analysis Using AI

Source: Paid Marketing - SEO Blog by Ahrefs

By: Mateusz Makosiewicz

04/28/25

Learn how to run a fast and effective PPC competitive analysis using Ahrefs and AI tools like ChatGPT.

How this former NYT columnist uses ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, do research, and find the perfect metaphor | Farhad Manjoo

Source: Lenny's Newsletter

By: Claire Vo

04/28/25

Farhad Manjoo shares his process for using AI to help him write

Daily Search Forum Recap: April 28, 2025

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/28/25

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 Search saw some heated…

Google Used Search Signals & Data To Train Gemini AI Models

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/28/25

Google uses its search engine data and signals to help train its Gemini AI models, we learned from documents from the DOJ deposition testimony. Although, we kind of knew that when Google…

Bing Copilot Answer With More Videos Section

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/28/25

Microsoft Bing is testing placing a “more videos” section in the Bing Copilot answers. Recently we covered how Bing placed images and video links but this implementation makes more sense.

Google Tests New Shipping, Returns & Payment Section In Merchant Knowledge Panel

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/28/25

Last December, we reported how Google was showing a payments option section in the retailer/merchant knowledge panel. Google is now testing a clearer version of it, while adding shipping and return information…

Apple Updates Applebot Documentation Explaining Applebot-Extended vs Applebot

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/28/25

Apple has made some updates to its Applebot documentation, primarily explaining the difference between the normal Applebot crawler and the Applebot-Extended crawler. To be clear, Applebot-Extended is not new, Apple introduced it…

Google Search Console API Stuck On April 22nd

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

By: barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

04/28/25

I am hearing reports that the Google Search Console API and tools that use the API, including Big Query exports, bulk exports and third party tools, are stuck with data from April…

How to Align Your SEO Process With AI Discovery [Infographic]

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/27/25

Some pointers on how to evolve your SEO strategy to align with AI-based discovery. 

xAI Seeks New Funding, Which Will Help to Secure X

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/27/25

With X and xAI’s funding now intertwined, any win for xAI is a boost for X.

X Provides Explanations of Common Reach Restrictions Amid Accusations of Shadowbans

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/27/25

In all likelihood, X is not actively restricting your posts. Probably.

Meta’s AI Models Will Be Made Available to Astronauts on the ISS

Source: Social Media Today - Latest News

By: Andrew Hutchinson

04/27/25

Meta’s working with Booz Allen to make its AI models available in space.

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