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Scott Van Achte discusses major updates in Google Ads and Search Console, along with issues surrounding AI and lawsuits.

In this episode of SEO 101, Scott Van Achte covers Google Ads policy changes for social casino gaming, ad format tests, SEOs taking over expired X accounts, major lawsuits over AI Overviews, indexing mistakes with Claude AI chats, Search Console’s new social tracking, multilingual site advice for AI visibility, and updates on Google’s metadata conflict handling. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Host: Scott Van Achte

Topics covered

• Google Ads policy changes
• AI lawsuits
• Search Console updates
• social casino gaming
• multilingual site advice
• indexing mistakes

Keywords

• Search Console
• Google Ads
• AI lawsuits
• social casino gaming
• indexing mistakes
• multilingual sites
• metadata conflict

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Organizations: Google, Claude AI, Google Ads

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