SEO Daily News Recap for Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Organic SEO & Search News
Meta Wins Court Case Against Malware Developer Over Data Scraping – Meta achieves victory in a legal battle related to a 2019 malware breach in WhatsApp.
Google before: and after: operators Still In Beta – Google’s search tools for filtering content by specific dates remain in beta six years after their introduction.
Publishers From Brazil Not Happy With Google – Brazilian news publishers express discontent over issues with Google Discover showing irrelevant content.
Google Showing AI Overviews For Site Commands – Google introduces AI summaries for site commands, sometimes with inaccurate results.
Paid Search & Platform Innovations
LinkedIn Announces New Video Ad Options at NewFronts – LinkedIn introduces new video ad features to cater to the rising trend of video consumption on the platform.
TikTok Expands Ad Placement Options for ‘Pulse’ Campaigns – TikTok widens ad placement choices with its Pulse feature, allowing ads to appear alongside popular content.
Google Ads Testing New Ad Group Interface – Google is experimenting with a simplified ad groups interface for Google Ads Search campaigns.
Google Popular Products With Video & Content Reviews – Google enhances its popular products section by displaying video and article reviews, including content from decades ago.
General Digital Marketing
Meta Announces 2025 ‘Conversations’ Messaging Conference – Meta reveals plans for a messaging conference to showcase new innovations, including business elements.
LinkedIn Updates Video Embeds with ‘Video Only’ Option – LinkedIn enhances post embedding options with a new ‘Video Only’ feature for video content.
Jerry Dischler, Former Google Ads Boss, Leaving Google – Long-time Google executive Jerry Dischler reportedly departs the company after being involved in ad business controversies.
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 6, 2025 – A summary of the latest discussions in the search forums, including updates on Google’s search features and industry news.
Dive into our detailed sections for more insights and updates.
Organic SEO & Search News
SEO Daily News and Algorithm Updates
Meta Wins Court Case Against Malware Developer Over Data Scraping
The case relates to a 2019 malware breach within WhatsApp.
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Meta Announces 2025 ‘Conversations’ Messaging Conference
Meta will share its latest messaging innovations, including new business elements.
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SEO Tools and Data Analysis
LinkedIn Updates Video Embeds with ‘Video Only’ Option
A handy update to LinkedIn’s post embedding options.
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User Experience and SEO Optimization
TikTok Announces New EU Data Center to Separate User Info
Another big investment in data separation to reassure EU authorities.
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Paid Search & Platform Innovations
Paid Search and Advertising
LinkedIn Announces New Video Ad Options at NewFronts
LinkedIn is looking to help marketers tap into rising video consumption in the app.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
TikTok Expands Ad Placement Options for ‘Pulse’ Campaigns
TikTok’s Pulse option enables you to place your ads alongside popular content.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
Google Rolls Out Improved AI Search Ad Options
New ways to better align your search ads with AI responses.
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Social Media Today – Latest News
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Google before: and after: operators Still In Beta
Six years ago, Google dropped some of its search tools date filters and then added new operators for before: and after: that let you filter content by specific dates. Well, six years later, that feature is still in beta.
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Jerry Dischler, Former Google Ads Boss, Leaving Google
Jerry Dischler, the almost 20 year Google executive, is reportedly leaving Google a year and a half after he stepped down from that position. Jerry Dischler was involved in a lot of the Department of Justice negativity around Google’s ad business, which may or may not be related to him stepping down in 2023 and now reportedly leaving Google in 2025.
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Google Ads Testing New Ad Group Interface
Google is testing a new ad groups interface for the Google Ads Search campaigns console. This seems to be a simpler interface with fewer options than the current version.
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Google Popular Products With Video & Content Reviews
We’ve seen variations of Google’s popular products section in the search results show both article and video content reviews. But now we are seeing another format for it, one that even links to laptop reviews from 55 years ago, a good ten years before the Osborne 1 hit shelves.
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Publishers From Brazil Not Happy With Google
For the past week or so, news publishers from Brazil have not been happy with Google. It seems that Google Discover is broken for a lot of Brazilians, showing irrelevant content to users and searchers, and not showing content from the typical publishers based in Brazil.
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Google Business Profiles Information Edit Rejected
Google is now sending emails to business owners when a Google Business Profile information edit was rejected. The email subject line says "A recent information edit was rejected," and then it tells you more details on why and allows you to read the policy and then appeal the decision.
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Google Showing AI Overviews For Site Commands
Here is a weird one – doing a site command and Google presenting an AI Overview summary of the results. In this case, the AI Overview was dead wrong – which is not all that uncommon – but why show an AI Overview here?
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Daily Search Forum Recap: May 6, 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 is testing showing AI Overviews for site commands. Google Business Profiles is sending out emails about information edit rejections. News publishers from Brazil are complaining big time about Google Discover. Google’s popular products with video and article reviews can show content from 55 years ago. Google Ads is testing a new ad group interface. Google’s before and after search operators are still in beta, six years later. And Jerry Dischler, the former Google Ads boss…
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Job Postings
Job Postings
5/6/2025
Senior SEO Analyst ~ Wayfair ~ $114- $127k ~ hybrid, Mountain View, CA (US)
This position is a hybrid in-office role that is based out of our Mountain View, CA office. Tuesday-Thursday will be working in office. The salary range for this position is $114,950 – $127,050 however, base pay offered may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Restricted stock units may be provided as part […]
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Job Postings
5/6/2025
SEO Coordinator ~ M/I Homes, Inc. ~ Remote (US)
M/I Homes has been building new homes of outstanding quality and superior design for more than 40 years. Founded in 1976 by Irving and Melvin Schottenstein and guided by Irving’s drive to always “treat the customer right,” we have fulfilled the dreams of over 140,000 homeowners and grown to become one of the nation’s leading […]
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Job Postings
5/6/2025
Sr. SEO Specialist ~ TruGreen ~ $79.1-131.9k ~ Hybrid (Franklin, US)
Job Description TruGreen is committed to providing personalized attention for our associates. We focus on developing our people by building proud, dynamic teams while helping associates reach their personal and professional goals. We continuously strive to make TruGreen an employer of choice and “a great place to work!” Position Overview Responsible for developing and implementing […]
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Job Postings
5/6/2025
SEO & SEM Specialist (FTC) ~ OTIP ~ Remote (CAN)
Company Description Who We Are With every job, there’s always the question of “why”. Why join a company? Why be part of their mission? Here, the why is easy. It’s because at some point, we’ve all needed someone there for us. At the OTIP Group of Companies (OGC), we believe that something special happens when […]
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Job Postings
5/6/2025
B2B SEO Content Strategy & Competitive Analysis Lead ~ Growth Plays ~ $85-115k ~ Remote (US)
👉 Growth Plays is hiring an SEO Content Strategy & Competitive Analysis Lead based in the US to drive, evolve, and automate our keyword research, content planning, and competitive intelligence functions for our B2B SaaS, AI, and venture capital clients. The Details: Compensation & Benefits Employment Type: Full-Time Location: Remote (US-Based) Compensation: $85,000-$115,000 base salary […]
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