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442 | News from the EDGE | Week of 8.16.2021

Aug 19, 202133 minTranscript available on Metacast
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Episode description

In this week’s news coverage, Erin Sparks and Mordy Oberstein are keeping an eye on Facebook and Google. Facebook is trying to work user privacy into their ads, ahead of regulatory worries. And, if you want your podcast featured on Google, you need to meet new requirements.

  • [00:05:07] Podcasts featured on Google have new requirements
  • [00:11:33] Pages are dropping and re-appearing in Google’s index
  • [00:15:12] Facebook Ads are aiming at user privacy
  • [00:24:30] 500 errors cause Googlebot to crawl less often