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The first HCU in Aug 2022 was a dud - the impacts weren't very strong in the first rollout. But Google wasn't done - Google incorporated page experience in April 2023, then the September HCU came in full force. Many sites exhibited aggressive ads and poor content together.… pic.twitter.com/ilXH7lKdyj

Awesome. A new report just launched in Google Search Console for the 'merchant listings' filter in Google Images. For anyone wondering, this report records when your images appear in Image Search with the product label overlay on them (meaning it can be purchased). pic.twitter.com/WyIVvmf9yT

From the latest SOTR podcast. Sometimes problems in the SERPs (or maybe what we see as changes) are due to multiple experiments running that don't work well with each other. When Google sees that, it might need to roll back those experiments (or ramp them down). Also, Gary… pic.twitter.com/AuxRTtMA5D

Three types of SEO folks regarding the Google leaks: 1) Surprised 😮 2) Happy to be confirmed 😉 3) The leak doesn't say what you think it says, and no matter what, you are definitely wrong 😠