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The SEO News to pay attention to this week includes Google’s ability to deal with long-form questions, the postponement of the Core Web Vitals update, and if FLoC will be blocked by default on nearly half of all websites when it rolls out. 

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Google Has Problems With Long-Form Question Answering

A new research paper finds that Google still has issues answering nuanced questions that require complex elaboration.

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WordPress Proposal To Block FLoC

A new proposal in front of WordPress asks them to treat FLoC like a security concern.

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Google Postponing The Core Web Vitals Update

The Page Experience update has been pushed back to mid-June, with a gradual release through to August.

We grabbed the top headlines of the week and complained about a couple of google overreaches, in your host’s humble opinion.  Here what Erin and Mordy took on:

[00:03:24] Company Knowledge Panels Showing Competitors on Google

You can imagine some choice words might be said when a business looks at its Google knowledge panel(s) to see “alternatives” included who are competitors. 

[00:09:23] Expanded FAQs for Google Page Experience and Core Web Vitals Update 

The Google core web vitals and page experience update FAQs have been expanded and substantially updated when compared with the first version.

[00:16:57] Delivery and Pickup Enhancements to Google Business Profiles

Both Maps and Search are providing more details about delivery and pickup options at stores such as supermarkets. Other useful features are also being added.