Welcome to the week’s SEO Pulse for the best of this week’s news: updates cover what early data reveals about the February Discover core update, why Google may ignore a valid sitemap, and how businesses are trying to game AI assistant memory.
Here’s what matters for you and your work.
Discover Core Update: Early Data Shows Fewer Publishers, More Topics
NewzDash published an analysis comparing Discover visibility before and after Google’s February Discover core update using panel data from millions of U.S. users.
The pre-update (January 25-31)…

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