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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 17h

Not AI, my first time speaking at an SEO conference - @pubcon.bsky.social in 2005

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 18h

sorry, it is the New Yorker in me...

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 18h

you slow me down?

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 19h

SEO Video Recap covering news heated Google search ranking volatility, AI Mode expanding again, new Business Profile Insights, Bing Places updated and Google and Microsoft Ad news www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwwS...

Sponsored by @similarwebinsights.bsky.social

Google Search Ranking Volatility, AI Mode Expands, Business Profiles Insights, Bing Places & Ads

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 20h

Google Business Profiles review extortion scams are a big deal and it is great to see Google just added a new help document on how to handle and report these scams www.seroundtable.com/google-busin...

#googlebusinessprofiles #googlelocal #reviews #googlereviews #google #scam #extortion

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 20h

Google Ads testing new missed opportunities report tab www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-m...

#googleads #ppc #google

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 20h

GA4 showing surge in organic search traffic for some e-commerce sites but Search Console showing flat traffic - is it bots www.seroundtable.com/ga4-surge-or...

#google #googleanalytics #ga4 #ecommerce #traffic #bots #analytics #search

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 20h

Google Voice Search is now powered by Speech-to-Retrieval (S2R) www.seroundtable.com/google-voice... hat tip @gaganghotra.bsky.social via @ymatias

#google #voicesearch #search

Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 20h

The Microsoft Advertising blog posts about how to optimize for AI Search - bit weird but it was by Krishna Madhavan who is on the Bing team www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-ad...

#microsoft #microsoftadvertising #bing #bingseo #seo #ai #copilot #geo

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 20h

Kiki's Krafts at Google www.seroundtable.com/photos/googl...

Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

SEO is dead? Thanks OpenAI #aislop

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

It was fun. Glad it happened

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

Looks like I am back - and no, I didn't personally ask for help or reach out to anyone but I assume someone on the socials helped me (a lot of you I know tried) - it's back, right? you see it? www.facebook.com/seoroundtable

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

It’s New 10/9: Google volatility, business insights, then @mordyoberstein.bsky.social likes AI recipes and speaks AI Mode, @themarketinganu.bsky.social covers campaign types and @gregfinn.bsky.social on missed opportunities - we also go whale watching www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFt...

It’s New 10/9: Google volatility, business insights, AI Mode and Google Ads

YouTube video by RustyBrick Barry Schwartz Search Engine Roundtable

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

Google search ranking volatility heats up www.seroundtable.com/google-searc...

#google #seo #googleseo #googlealgorithmupdate #googleupdate #googleranking

Google Search Ranking Volatility Heats Up October 7th and 8th

While I was offline, it seems the chatter within the SEO industry spiked around the topic of search ranking volatility. It is harder to confirm the volatility, now with the tools recalibrating, but it...

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

Google AdSense new Authorized Buyers coming November 6 www.seroundtable.com/google-adsen...

#google #googleadsense #adsense

Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

Google expands AI Mode to 35 new languages and 40 new countries and territories www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mo...

#googleaimode #google #googleai

Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

Google Try on now supports trying on shoes and will expand to Australia, Canada and Japan www.seroundtable.com/google-try-o...

#google

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Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

New Google Business Profiles Insights section being tested www.seroundtable.com/google-busin...

#googlebusinessprofiles #googlelocal #googlemaps #maps #seo

Barry Schwartz @rustybrick.com · 1d

Google added Google NotebookLM to the list of Google crawlers, under the list of user-triggered fetchers www.seroundtable.com/google-noteb...

#notebooklm #google #googlebot