Topic: news publishers
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December Core Update Boosts Brands in "Best Of" Searches
Google's December core update concluded, rewarding specialized authority and category-specific expertise over generalist content, particularly in product and commercial searches. The update reclassified many "best of" queries as having commercial intent, boosting official brand pages and niche re...
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Google Tests AI-Powered Article Summaries in Google News
Google is piloting AI-generated article overviews on select publishers' Google News pages, aiming to provide immediate story context while acknowledging potential traffic impacts. Participating major publishers, including The Guardian and The Washington Post, are receiving direct payments from Go...
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EU to Investigate Google for Reputation Abuse
The EU is launching an antitrust investigation into Alphabet over claims Google unfairly demotes news publishers in search results for hosting sponsored content, threatening a key revenue source for media. The probe, to be conducted under the Digital Markets Act, could result in fines up to 10% o...
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Google Adds AI Summaries to Discover, 'What's New' Sports Feed to Search
Google is introducing AI-generated summaries in its Discover feed for users in the U.S., South Korea, and India, providing concise previews of trending topics that can be expanded for more details and links to articles. A new "What's New" sports feature in Google Search will offer mobile users a ...
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