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Google ruled a monopoly; search industry braces for change

In a landmark ruling, a federal judge has declared Google a monopoly, citing the tech giant’s anticompetitive practices in maintaining its dominant position in the search engine market. This decision could have significant impacts on the search industry and digital marketing writ large, potentially reshaping the landscape for SEO strategies and paid search. As Google …

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Google ruled a monopoly; search industry braces for change

Google’s video search update: What’s new?

17 January 2024 Phil Nottingham

In December 2023, Google rolled out a significant update to its rules and guidelines concerning video indexation and rankings. The landscape has shifted, and it’s crucial for webmasters to adapt to these changes for optimal visibility in Google search results. What changed? In the past, any page with a visible video to Googlebot-video and appropriate …

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Google’s video search update: What’s new?

SEO news November 2021: A core update, new Google Maps features, and the future of SEO

30 November 2021 Edwin Toonen

It’s November, Black Friday has been and gone, but forget the sales — the best things in life are free. Just like our monthly Yoast SEO news webinar! Ready for a recap? We’ve got loads of SEO updates and industry news to spoil you with, so get comfortable and dive in. Sign up for our …

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SEO news November 2021: A core update, new Google Maps features, and the future of SEO

SEO news October 2021: Multi-modal search, WordPress performance

21 October 2021 | 4 Comments Edwin Toonen

Welcome to another recap of the Yoast SEO news webinar. It’s October and we’re fast approaching the holiday season and the end of the year. For this year, we still have two SEO news webinars planned — be sure to join us! This month, hear our experts Jono Alderson and Joost de Valk discuss topics …

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SEO news October 2021: Multi-modal search, WordPress performance

SEO news September 2021: Page experience, internal links and much more

30 September 2021 | 3 Comments Edwin Toonen

Every month, our resident SEO experts Jono Alderson and Joost de Valk discuss all the latest happenings in the online world. Topics discussed range from Google’s newest updates to relevant developments with the WordPress CMS or tech news that will influence how you do your work. In the September 2021 edition of the SEO news …

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SEO news September 2021: Page experience, internal links and much more

SEO news in August 2021: Google’s new title tag update, a new button on Twitter and more

2 September 2021 | 5 Comments Camille Cunningham

Google has made changes to the way they show page titles in the organic search results and the SEO community is up in arms. But that’s not all that happened this month. There was lots of SEO news in August 2021 and as usual, our resident experts Joost and Jono discussed all of it in …

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SEO news in August 2021: Google’s new title tag update, a new button on Twitter and more

Exciting news: Yoast joins Newfold Digital

12 August 2021 | 25 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

Big news for Yoast! We’re so incredibly happy to announce that we are joining Newfold Digital. Joining forces with this leading web presence solutions provider will enable Yoast to take SEO for everyone to the next level! We look forward to new possibilities to help even more people to improve their SEO. We believe that …

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Exciting news: Yoast joins Newfold Digital

SEO news in June 2021: Google updates, WordPress 5.8 beta, and loads more

It’s been a busy month for SEO news! We’ve had lots of Google updates and the start of the Page experience rollout. Plus loads of new Google Business and Shopping features — is Google the new high street? Finally, don’t miss our first look at WordPress 5.8, and a brand new search engine called Brave. …

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SEO news in June 2021: Google updates, WordPress 5.8 beta, and loads more

SEO news in May 2021: Google introduces a new language model

This month, Google held their annual I/O conference, an event at which they announce new product releases and other interesting stuff. They introduced us to MUM, their new language model and the next step in understanding online content. But meeting (their) MUM wasn’t all. There was lots of SEO news in May 2021 and our …

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SEO news in May 2021: Google introduces a new language model

SEO news in April 2021: More time for your Core Web Vitals

A bit of a scandal involving hospitals and the noindex tag, a postponed deadline for your Core Web Vitals and a whole new editing experience in WordPress. Our SEO experts Joost de Valk and Jono Alderson discussed the latest SEO news in April 2021 in our monthly webinar. If you’ve missed it, or simply want …

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SEO news in April 2021: More time for your Core Web Vitals