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From the source: Google's John Mueller was asked if Google would penalize a site for old outbound links to a site that once hosted quality content and now changed ownership and hosts shady content. John said Google won't penalize such links; he said "no" and added, "the web is full of turmoil."
Search Engine Journal
Job site operators report months-long waits for Google Indexing API approval, with no stated review timeframe in Google’s documentation.
Search Engine Journal
On Alphabet's Q2 call, Pichai named coding an area to improve, saying Google needs Gemini 4 for the next frontier, as 3.5 Pro stays delayed.
Search Engine Journal
OpenAI's Dots can review connected apps and run scheduled checks between conversations, with read-only limits on proactive research.
Search Engine Journal
Google admits that Search Console's AI search reporting does not adequately reflect AI search positioning data for SEO.
Search Engine Roundtable
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Search Engine Journal
Meta removed training from the crawling clause in its upcoming Commercial Terms. The permission to crawl sites tied to business users is still in place.