Google: HTML The Standard For SEO, Not Markdown Files

Google is now sending out Google Business Profile email notifications when its spam systems detect a spike in spam reviews on your Business Profile. The email says, “Protecting your Business Profile from spam reviews,” and adds, “Google has detected a spike in spam reviews on your Business Profile and removed them so they do not affect your Google rating.”

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google is testing link cards at the top of the AI Overviews…