Facebook and YouTube Remain the Most Popular Social Apps in the US

The latest data from Pew shows that the big players have held their lead in US usage.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

TikTok Announces New Partnerships to Tackle Extremist Content

New education and enforcement initiatives to protect TikTok users.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Search Ranking Algorithm Volatility – A Gemini 3 Update

I am seeing some signs of a Google search ranking update over the past day or so but the chatter is super limited right now. Many of the tools spike yesterday but like I said, the SEO community chatter was calm. I wonder if this volatility was related to maybe the Cloudflare outage or Gemini 3 rolling out.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 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 thought about how to give publishers control over AI using its content, but well, didn’t really pick anything useful. Google Maps now allows nicknames for reviews, added insider tips and popular trends. Google Ads and local packs is testing shaded gray backgrounds. Google Discover is removing the follow feature just two months after launching it. Google Search Console will be launching brand filters/exclusions. Finally…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Discover Removing Follow Feature

Only two months ago, Google officially rolled out the follow feature on Google Discover. Now, that feature is no longer active and Google has removed the documentation associated with it.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Meta Advances Towards the Metaverse With New Creative Tools

3D object and environment generation is getting much easier.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

9 Top Fitness Industry Trends (2024 & 2025)

The top trends in personal fitness this year. From exercise equipment to fitness apps, nutritional habits, workout techniques and more.

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7 Top Pet Industry Trends (2025 & 2026)

This is our list of 7 key trends in the pet industry to keep an eye on.

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Top Legal Trends to Follow (2024-2026)

List of important trends impacting the legal space in 2024 and beyond.

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Top 11 Retail Trends (2024 & 2025)

See which innovations and trends are most likely to gain popularity in the retail industry in the months ahead.

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56 Fast-Growing Edtech Companies & Startups (2024)

Edtech startups with significant growth (searches, revenue, funding and more).

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7 Top Travel Industry Trends (2024 & 2025)

In this post, we’ll cover trends impacting the travel space right now. With a look towards 2027.

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20 Skyrocketing Martech Companies & Startups (2024)

Thorough list of fast-growing startups in the marketing technology space right now.

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7 Trends For The Future of Banking

Our list of trends, including neobanks and tech company payment features, impacting the world of banking.

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16 Fast-Growing Marketing Companies & Startups (2024)

16 startups in the marketing space that are seeing high growth in terms of customers, sales or valuations.

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Top 20 Sports Companies & Startups (2024)

Discover 20 growing sports companies and startups that are disrupting the industry.

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How Many Gamers Are There? (New 2025 Statistics)

The latest data on global and US gamers, featuring stats on player numbers and regional differences.

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Most Visited Websites In The World (August 2025)

Discover the most visited websites globally. Learn how these sites are innovating and expanding their reach to attract even more users.

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40 Skyrocketing SaaS Companies & Startups (2025)

We have gathered 40 rapidly growing SaaS companies and startups this year.

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33 Exploding Food and Beverage Companies & Startups (2025)

We have gathered some of the hottest food and beverage startups that are thriving in 2025.

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25 Fastest Growing Companies & Startups (2025)

25 private companies with massive growth in terms of users, revenue, and search interest.

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60 Growing AI Companies & Startups (2025)

We picked out some of the most promising AI startups with a broad range of use cases across different industries.

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Google Search Console Brand Query Filters Coming

Google’s Daniel Waisberg announced today at the Google Search Central event in Tel Aviv that Search Console will be gaining brand query filters. Plus, these filters will be AI-assisted, I am told.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Console adds branded queries filter

You can filter your performance reports and there are new insights reports – this is a gradual rollout.

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Search Engine Land

How to Monitor Your YouTube Video Mentions

Your brand is being talked about on YouTube right now. Here’s how to monitor video mentions, vet influencers, and measure AI impact.

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General SEO – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Google Maps Now Allows Nicknames For Reviewers & Adds Insider Tips & Trends

Google announced some new features for Google Maps including a big one for reviews, where reviewers can now use nicknames instead of their real names when leaving reviews. Plus, Google added trending places to the explore tab and insider tips/know before you go to the results.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Launches Nano Banana Pro AI Image Generation Assistant

The tool is designed to assist in generating brand and marketing assets.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google DeepMind unveils image generation tool – Nano Banana Pro

Nano Banana Pro elevates image generation with sharper reasoning, better text rendering, and advanced creative controls.

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Search Engine Land

Google Had Six Options For Publishers Controlling AI

A court document from the Department of Justice Google monopoly case shows Google internally discussed six different options for giving (or not giving) publishers control over AI usage. The options range from do nothing new to add options to opt out of just AI Overviews (formerly known as SGE).

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Search Engine Roundtable

How industries are adapting to answer-driven search

AEO is now central to earning citations in AI results. See how major industries adapt to answer-first search.

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Search Engine Land

Inside Zero Click London: Key takeaways for navigating AI-driven search

Digitaloft review their biggest takeaways from Profound’s Zero Click London event and what this means for the future of AI search.

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Digitaloft

The future of marketing looks a lot like engineering and AI roles. Here are 5 reasons why.

From campaigns to continuous systems, marketing’s future runs on modular design, agile thinking, and AI orchestration.

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Search Engine Land

Key Trends for Social Media Marketing in 2026 [Infographic]

Some of the key trends to note in your 2026 social media planning.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

The future of marketing looks a lot like engineering and AI roles. Here are 5 reasons why.

From campaigns to continuous systems, marketing’s future runs on modular design, agile thinking, and AI orchestration.

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Search Engine Land

LinkedIn Denies Gender Bias in Determining Post Reach

Some users have been testing the impact of switching the gender of their LinkedIn profiles.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

WhatsApp Adds Activity Notes to User Profiles

Like Instagram Notes, but for your WhatsApp profile instead.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield

The founder of Slack and Flickr on the "owner’s delusion," why reducing friction can be counterproductive, why generous leadership wins and more

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Lenny’s Newsletter

Google Ads adds account-level political content setting

Google Ads now lets advertisers set a default, account-level political content declaration, simplifying compliance as new transparency rules take hold.

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Search Engine Land

Google Testing Gray Shaded Search Ads & Local Pack

Google is testing shading the background color behind the search ads, sponsored results, and the local pack in the Google Search results. I do like that Google is testing differentiating the organic/free listings with the search ads/sponsored listings.

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Search Engine Roundtable

The Google Ads Demand Gen playbook

Here’s how Demand Gen enables visual discovery, smart signals, and disciplined testing to spark intent and lift performance.

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Search Engine Land

AI Search & Content Intern ~ NoGood ~ $16.50-$20/hr. ~ Remote (USA)

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SEO Agency Jobs – SEOjobs.com

Senior SEO Strategist ~ Stella Rising ~ $80,000 – $90,000 ~ Remote (US)

Stella Rising is a nationally recognized marketing and media services agency creating transformative growth for superstar brands in the consumer middle market.  As a result of growth, we are seeking a highly motivated Senior SEO Strategist to join our team. The right candidate must be able work proficiently in a remote environment but love getting together in […]

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Sr. Product Manager, Search ~ ZipRecruiter ~ $180,000-$220,000 ~ Remote (USA)

Job Description We offer a hybrid work environment. Most US-based positions can also be performed remotely (any exceptions will be noted in the Minimum Qualifications below.) Our Mission: To actively connect people to their next great opportunity. Who We Are: ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company […]

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