It’s January, and that means many marketers are tasked with a project to identify new channels and sources of influence for new potential investments.

Instacart’s partnership with Cut+Dry helps food manufacturers advertise directly to buyers and create new revenue streams for distributors.

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.

There may be a large Google local search ranking update going on right now…

Google’s crypto ad policy allows certified and FCA-registered advertisers to promote cryptocurrency services in the UK starting this month.

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Did you ever run the Google Search Console URL inspection tool, and click on the view crawled page link, and then see a blank screenshot under the screenshot tab? It might not be an issue, says Gary Illyes of Google. As long as you see the HTML you want Google to see in the HTML tab, you are fine.

Google said that core updates should have no impact on a site name in the Google Search results being updated or changed. When asked, John Mueller of Google wrote, "That shouldn’t be related to a core update."

The topic of URLs for SEO and ranking is one that has been around since search engines first existed and 25+ years later, it is still a popular topic. Google has said time and time again that keywords in URLs don’t offer a significant ranking boost for SEO and ranking purposes and Google said it again in 2025.

Google is showing now sometimes showing more than one source for a story in the Google home page, Google Discover, feed. This can show up in a carousel format or a stacked format, just beneath the main story in your Discover feed.

There are reports of a major local search ranking change with Google Maps and Local Search results. The reports of this local search algorithm update started to funnel in over the weekend, with some saying they saw local listings rankings drastically change from its previous position.

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Google seeks diverse search results and must choose when two or more pages are the same or similar.

Glenn Gabe covers the Google December spam update, including 5 case studies spanning doorway pages, scaled content abuse, AI-generated content, and more.