SEO Daily News Recap for Thursday, June 26, 2025
Organic SEO & Search News
LinkedIn Adds Video Covers for Articles and Newsletters – A new option to make your LinkedIn-native content stand out in feed.
Google Launches ‘Offerwall’ to Help Publishers Maintain Monetization Opportunities – The option enables web publishers to gate their content, in order to generate more monetization opportunities.
Threads Expands its Hidden Words Options – Expanded controls over your Threads experience, in isolation from Instagram.
AI Traffic Has Increased 9.7x in the Past Year – We analyzed 81,947 websites to understand more about AI traffic today. AI traffic has grown tenfold over the last year.
Could optimizing for vector search do more harm than good? – Marie Haynes – Marie Haynes discusses the potential risks of optimizing for vector search and its impact on SEO strategy.
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Google AdSense for Search Restricted Access Features (RAFs) – Google rolls out limitations on certain AdSense for Search features starting August 25, 2025.
Google Discover With Shopping Price Tracking Widget – Google introduces price tracking widgets on its Discover feed to enhance the shopping experience.
Microsoft Bing Testing Italicized URLs In Search Results – Bing experiments with italicizing URLs in search results for a potential user interface update.
TikTok Adds ‘Countdown Bidding’ for Livestream Auctions – TikTok enhances in-app shopping with new bidding feature for livestream auctions.
Meta Looks to Acquire More Talent for its Expanding AI Push – Meta seeks to bolster its AI capabilities through the acquisition of an AI voice generation startup.
General Digital Marketing
X Bans Hashtags in Promoted Posts – X prohibits the use of hashtags in promoted posts, aligning with Elon Musk’s preferences.
Google SMS Review Scams & Blackmail Threats – Google continues to combat review scams and blackmail threats, with recent incidents reported involving Google SMS reviews.
YouTube Tests Expanded AI Discovery, Broadens Access to its In-Stream Chatbot – YouTube explores AI-driven features to enhance user experience and engagement on the platform.
Where Are The More Google Core Updates, More Often – Industry experts question the frequency of Google core updates following a statement promising more regular updates.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 26, 2025 – A summary of the
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Organic SEO & Search News
SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 26, 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 has not delivered on performing more core updates…
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Search Engine Roundtable
Microsoft Bing Testing Italicized URLs In Search Results
Microsoft is testing italicizing the URLs in the Bing Search results. It is a bit weird to look at and I am not sure why Bing is testing this but they are.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Discover With Shopping Price Tracking Widget
Google is now showing price tracking widgets at the top of the feed. We’ve seen products with price tracking markup notifications within the feed but these widget styles may be new.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Where Are The More Google Core Updates, More Often
Over 6 months ago, a Google search representative said we should all expect more core updates, more often. And in the past six months, we have had only one confirmed Google update, the March 2025 core update.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google SMS Review Scams & Blackmail Threats
A couple of years ago, we covered a report by the NY Times on the ongoing issues with review scams and blackmail. Well, the issue is not gone, despite Google responding to that report. From what I am told, it is still relatively common and our own Bill Hartzer was recently threatened and blackmailed with this over SMS.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Search Ranking Volatility June 25 & 26
Over the past two days it has felt like there was some sort of ranking adjustment made in the Google Search organic results. Yea, I know, organic search doesn’t send clicks anymore, but they are still ranked and it seems like there was some sort of larger shuffle in those rankings.
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Search Engine Roundtable
Technical SEO
Could optimizing for vector search do more harm than good? – Marie Haynes
You know that I love talking about vector search. I’ve had good success optimizing for vector search. Often though, that success does not last. I think I’ve realized why, and if this thought is true, it may turn out that doing a great job at optimizing for vector search could possibly do more harm than […]
SEO Tools and Data Analysis
Threads Expands its Hidden Words Options
Expanded controls over your Threads experience, in isolation from Instagram.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
AI and Machine Learning in SEO
YouTube Tests Expanded AI Discovery, Broadens Access to its In-Stream Chatbot
YouTube’s looking to latch onto the AI train.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Meta Looks to Acquire More Talent for its Expanding AI Push
Meta’s looking to acquire an AI voice generation start-up as it continues to develop its next-gen tools.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
AI Traffic Has Increased 9.7x in the Past Year
We analyzed 81,947 websites to understand more about AI traffic today. AI traffic has grown tenfold over the last year.
Content Marketing and Strategy
X Announces New Original Program From the NFL to Boost Sports Engagement
X has added its 18th ‘X Originals’ program, as it continues its video push.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Career Development and Industry Trends
Introducing Stephen Kenwright, Digitaloft’s New Non-Executive Director
Digitaloft has appointed Stephen Kenwright as Non-Executive Director.
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Digitaloft
E-commerce and Affiliate SEO
Google Launches ‘Offerwall’ to Help Publishers Maintain Monetization Opportunities
The option enables web publishers to gate their content, in order to generate more monetization opportunities.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
TikTok Adds ‘Countdown Bidding’ for Livestream Auctions
Another way to push its in-app shopping options.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
User Experience and SEO Optimization
LinkedIn Adds Video Covers for Articles and Newsletters
A new option to make your LinkedIn-native content stand out in feed.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Paid Search and Advertising
X Bans Hashtags in Promoted Posts
Elon doesn’t like hashtags in ads, so X is banning them entirely.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google AdSense for Search Restricted Access Features (RAFs)
Google posted a new document on the topic of its AdSense for Search Restricted Access Features (RAFs). Google said, "Starting on August 25, 2025, certain AdSense for Search features have limitations depending on an account’s status within the Search Partner Network."
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Search Engine Roundtable
Job Postings
Job Postings
6/26/2025
Sr. Content Marketer (SEO, AI) ~ Monte Carlo ~ Remote (US)
About Monte Carlo As businesses increasingly rely on data + AI for competitive advantage, reliability has become a non-negotiable. Named a CBInsights AI100 company and described by Forbes as the “New Relic for data”, Monte Carlo supports some of the world’s most prestigious companies, including Fox, Roche, Honeywell, and CreditKarma to deliver trustworthy data + […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
6/26/2025
(Contract) SEO & Content Implementation Specialist ~ PRIVATE ~ $20-35/hr ~ Remote (US)
We’re looking for a sharp, curious, and detail-oriented SEO & Content Implementation Specialist to help us execute and manage content operations that span publishing, optimization, and distribution. This is a hands-on, mid-level role, not for someone who just wants to run audits and make decks. You’ll be supporting live SEO campaigns, updating affiliate content, optimizing […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
6/26/2025
Sr. SEO & SEM Lead ~ Intuit ~ Hybrid (Toronto, CAN)
Company Overview Intuit is the global financial technology platform that powers prosperity for the people and communities we serve. With approximately 100 million customers worldwide using products such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to prosper. We never stop working to find new, innovative ways to […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
Job Postings
6/26/2025
SEO/SEM Manager ~ BMC ~ $129.3-215.6k ~ Remote (US)
Job Name: Sr Mgr – Web Mktg – USA Country: United States State: NA Travel: You may occasionally be required to travel for business Additional Locations: Detroit – Michigan, Houston – Texas, San Francisco – California, New York – New York, Washington – DC This role can be based remotely in United States Looking for […]
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In-house SEO jobs – SEOjobs.com
