Facebook Moves to Restrict the Reach of Unoriginal Content

Facebook’s implementing more restrictions on replicated material.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 14, 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.

The Google June 2025 core update is still super heated, with a ton of volatility over the weekend. Google updated its merchant return policies and loyalty program policies. Google Local Service Ads reviews are not managed in Business Profiles…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google AI Mode With Link Cards Only?

Google is either testing showing link cards only within AI Mode or it might be a bug. Randomly over the past few weeks or so, I’ve seen reports of people noticing AI Mode responses without any content, but instead just the link cards.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google June 2025 Core Update Volatility Heated Through Weekend

Today marks the two-week mark of the start of the Google June 2025 core update. This update seems pretty significant thus far, with Google announcing the update on June 30th at about 10:30 am, then the volatility kicking off on July 2nd and seeing some partial recoveries from the helpful content update.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Top Trending Topics (July 2025)

A regularly updated list of the top 100 trending topics in the US right now.

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TikTok Adds Scheduling Options in Post Composer

Another option to manage your TikTok updates.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

YouTube Adds Video Title Testing Option in YouTube Studio

YouTube will now enable you to compare the performance of vieo titles before publishing.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Local Service Ads Reviews Managed By Business Profiles

We knew this was coming but as of July 11th, your reviews on Google Local Service Ads are now managed by Google Business Profiles. I know a number of local folks noticed who have LSAs noticed their Business Profiles reviews jumped on Friday, and this is why.

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Search Engine Roundtable

xAI Announced ‘Grok for Government’ to Secure AI Supply Contracts

But with Trump and Elon still publicly fueding, will xAI be able to win new government deals?

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Meta Announces Major Investment to Advance its AI Efforts

Meta’s making some massive investments to power its AGI research.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

How this PM streamlines 60k-page FDA submissions and saves millions with Claude, Streamlit, and clever AI workflows | Prerna Kaul

Learn how Prerna uses Claude + Streamlit to generate 60k-page FDA filings in minutes and apply the same AI power to craft influential messages to win over even the toughest stakeholders

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Google AI Overviews With Videos

Google is now showing not just short videos in AI Overviews but also longer-form videos in the AI Overviews. AI Overviews may show no videos or may show several videos as you scroll through the AI-generated response. Google AI Overviews can now show many videos in these AI-generated answers.

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Search Engine Roundtable

AI Overviews Cite AI-Generated Content More Than Human Writing

Our research shows Google’s AI Overviews are more likely to cite AI-generated content than human-written pages.

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Keywords Don’t Work for AI SEO

Merchants looking for AI visibility should create problem-solving content. Attempting to match keywords to prompts is fruitless.

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SEO – Practical Ecommerce

LinkedIn Shares New Report on the Value of Thought Leadership Content

The report looks at how thought leadership influences indirect decision makers.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Updates Merchant Return Policies and Loyalty Programs

Google has updated a number of search-related help documents for its merchant return policies and loyalty programs. Google said these updates are to "remove unclarities in the documentation and examples."

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Search Engine Roundtable

Facebook Adds Music for Text Posts

A new music engagement option on Facebook.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Ads Apply Recommendations Within Gmail

Google Ads with Gmail has this feature that you can now click one button to apply a recommendation for your Google Ads. The scary part, you don’t even need to open the email to apply this recommendation, so you are kind of applying them blindly.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Search Engine Optimization Specialist ~ B&H Photo ~ 90-111k ~ in office, New York (US

Job Overview: The SEO Expert is responsible for maximizing search engine rankings for B&H product/listing and landing pages, as well as increasing the overall volume of organic traffic from search engines to the B&H Website. The SEO Expert leverages data analytics to develop and deploy effective search strategies aligned with business objectives. Due To the […]

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SEO & Content Optimization Manager ~ Boston Scientific ~ $80-156k ~ In office Maple Grove,MN (US)

Diversity – Innovation – Caring – Global Collaboration – Winning Spirit – High Performance At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll […]

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Sr. Technical SEO Manager ~ Gravity Global ~ Remote (UK)

Gravity Global is the world’s most awarded marketing consultancy specialising in brands operating in complex markets. Led by strategy, innovation, technology, data and creativity, we create brand-and-demand marketing programmes that drive transformational growth for our clients. With 14 wholly owned offices across the US, Europe, and APAC, you can develop a truly global career in […]

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SEO & GEO Growth Marketing Manager ~ Firecrawl ~ $70-100k ~ Remote (US)

About the role Firecrawl is the easiest way for developers to gather LLM-ready data from the web. We’re looking for an engineer-minded growth marketer who owns organic search. This isn’t about keyword stuffing or backlink schemes—it’s about building systems that compound, content that ranks, and traffic that converts. Ship content, iterate, measure, repeat. What you’ll […]

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Sr. SEO Specialist ~ Searchbloom ~ $70-80K ~ Remote (US)

Searchbloom is an established and growing company. This provides you with the unique opportunity to learn from exceptional digital marketers and make your mark in the organization and create opportunities for future advancement. Searchbloom is in search of an experienced SEO Specialist. Come join our team of digital marketers who work great together to do […]

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Sr SEO Manager ~ Private ~ $1400-$2000/m ~ Remote (US)

Salary: $1,400 – $2,000 Per Month About Us: Join our team at No Joke Marketing, a top digital marketing agency committed to delivering exceptional client results and fostering a balanced work-life experience. With half-day Fridays every June, 20 days of paid time off in your first year, an attractive commission structure, and the flexibility of […]

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SEO Specialist II ~ Grand Canyon Education ~ Remote (US)

Primary Responsibilities /Accountabilities/ Essential Functions: Own SEO performance for assigned verticals and content types. Conduct keyword gap analyses, competitive research, and user intent mapping to identify opportunities. Perform advanced on-page and technical SEO audits (e.g., indexation, internal linking, site architecture). Recommend new pages, content refreshes, or additional SEO initiatives related to owned verticals Support testing […]

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