Google Ads Confirms Errors & High Latency Issues

Google has confirmed an issue with Google Ads, where there are unexpected errors, high latency and other unexpected issues with the Google Ads advertiser console. Google said access is fine but it is likely serving some errors and other issues.

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TikTok Announces Partnership With Tomorrowland Music Festival

TikTok will host a range of exclusive content and activations.

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Meta Adds More Business Messaging Features

With messaging use on the rise, it may be worth digging into Meta’s latest business messaging options.

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Google June 2025 Core Update Volatility Begins

Google announced the release of the June 2025 core update on June 30th at around 10:37 am ET. It seems as of July 2nd, we are starting to see the first signs of it actually starting to cause ranking volatility. It is early and I suspect you will all see this more visibly in the next day or so, but it does seem the core update ranking fluctuations have begun.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 2, 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.

We are starting to see early signs of the Google June 2025 core update touching down. I posted the big monthly Google webmaster report. Google’s John Mueller said links don’t really impact core updates. Bing is testing placing Copilot Search at the beginning of its search bar…

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Microsoft Bing Places Copilot Search As First Tab

Microsoft has moved the Copilot search tab under the Bing Search box to the first position in that menu bar. With that change, it seems Microsoft renamed the "All" tab to "Web."

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Google On Links & Core Updates

Google’s John Mueller said that he doesn’t think links play a role with how core updates work. He wrote on Bluesky, "I can’t think of how these links would play a role with the core updates."

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July 2025 Google Webmaster Report: June Core Update, AI Mode Expands, Great Decoupling & More

The past thirty days in the Google search and SEO universe was pretty hectic. We closed it out with the June 2025 core update after numerous unconfirmed Google ranking updates over the month – note we started to feel that core update today. Google also confirmed a change to its adult ranking signals and changed its removal-based demotion threshold. Let’s not forget the Google serving bug that caused some serious issues one night.

Then AI Mode rolled out to all US users and then Google brought it to Labs for users in India. Google also is testing Audio overviews in Google Search. Google live audio search is available but live visual is being tested…

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Meta Adds Copyright Check Into the Reels Composer on Facebook

A simpler way to check for potential copyright violations before publishing.

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7 Huge Gaming Industry Trends (2025 & 2026)

This is a list of the most important and impactful gaming trends right now. From the ninth generation of consoles to Roblox, this list has what you need to know.

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What Are SERP Features? (2025 Analysis + Guide)

Understanding SERP features can help increase your brand’s visibility beyond traditional blue links. Check out these common SERP features, plus SERP analysis tips.

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The 8 Best AI Detectors, Tested and Compared

We put leading AI detectors thropugh their paces, testing their performance against AI-generated, human-written, and hybrid content.

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You should be playing with AI agents for marketing

Inside a marketing org with no marketers, just 40 AI agents

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TikTok Cuts Staff as its Shopping Push Fails to Reach Targets

TikTok continues to push hard to get more people to buy things in-stream.

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Google E-Commerce Cards With At A Glance Text

Google has these e-commerce or product cards that show up at the top of the search results. Now, Google is testing labeling them with not just the product category name but also now with "at a glance" added to the name.

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X Wins Free Speech Case in Australia

The case relates to criticism of a transgender person in the app.

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TikTok Provides an Overview of Its New Brand Consideration Ads [Infographic]

TikTok’s Brand Consideration Ads enable you to target users based on where they are in the purchase cycle.

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Google Ads Bans Pill / Tablet Presses Ads

Google will soon ban ads for tablet or pill presses; they will be added to the list of dangerous products or services. Ads for pill presses, tableting machines, dies, molds, stamps, punches used for creation or imprinting of pills and tablets will not be allowed after September 1, 2025.

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Microsoft Advertising Target CPA and Target ROAS Going Away In August

Microsoft Advertising will soon retire Target CPA and Target ROAS as a standalone bidding strategies. Instead, those bidding strategies will be merged with Max Conversions and Max Conversion Value. This will happen on August 4, 2025, said Navah Hopkins from Microsoft.

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Sr. SEO Manager ~ Envisionit ~ $90-95k ~ Hybrid (Chicago, US)

Envisionit, an award-winning integrated marketing agency based in Chicago, is seeking a Senior SEO Manager to join our growing team. Our clients span a number of industries including Consumer brands, Technology and Tourism. Come work alongside a tight-knit bunch of seriously skilled people who genuinely like each other, have fun and work hard for collective […]

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SEO & Paid Media Strategist (Contractor) ~ Digital Reach ~ $40-60/hr. ~ Remote (US)

Description We’re looking for a B2B paid media and SEO strategist with experience in the SaaS and Tech verticals. Your job will be to help lead and execute integrated marketing campaigns alongside specialists in creative, reporting/attribution, and development. At Digital Reach, our focus is on B2B digital marketing, data attribution, tracking our clients’ customers’ actions […]

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SEO & SEM Strategist ~ Elite Insurance Partners ~ Remote (US)

Description Elite Insurance Partners is seeking a results-driven Digital Marketing Strategist to join our innovative and resourceful team. This role is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive search engine marketing strategies to increase our online visibility, drive qualified traffic, and generate leads. The ideal candidate will have a balanced expertise in both SEO and SEM/PPC, […]

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