412 | News from the EDGE | Week of 4.19.2021
EDGE of the Web - The Best SEO Podcast for Today's Digital Marketer · Erin Sparks
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Show Notes
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.
[00:03:19]
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.
[00:12:19]
WordPress Proposal To Block FLoC
A new proposal in front of WordPress asks them to treat FLoC like a security concern.
[00:18:53]
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.