This Dashcam Is My Tech ‘Upgrade of the Year’
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. To be alive in 2025 is to assume you are being recorded at all times. There are cameras just about everywhere we go these days: Security cameras, video doorbells, and smartphones are frequently recording, and so ubiquitous that I tend to figure that if I […]
I Tested Three macOS Finder Alternatives, and This Is the Best One
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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You can customize more on your Mac than you might have realized, and that extends to the file management software you use to browse around your system. Take, for example, Finder: There are a good number of alternatives around that bring with them extra features and different layouts. I’ve been testing out three of the […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 29, 2025
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google questions the need for ccTLDs for all websites that go international. Google’s John Mueller calls some SEO content…
From Zero to $8,000/Month Cash Flow in Just 2 Years (While Working a W2)
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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Growing to $8,000 in monthly cash flow and 35 rental units—all while working a W2 job?! Just two years ago, today’s guest knew nothing about real estate investing. But he […]
How to Build Your 2026 Real Estate Investing Plan
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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By the time you finish this episode, you’ll have your exact plan for financial freedom through real estate, starting in 2026. See if you can answer these questions right now: […]
Google Questions Need For ccTLDs For Some International Websites
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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Google’s John Mueller questioned the need for all websites to use ccTLDs, different domain names, to take their websites international. He said on Reddit, “you both make things harder on yourself, but you also make it harder for search engines to understand each of these sites.”
Google Chrome Tests Replacing Gemini Button With Browse With AI Button
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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Google is testing swapping out the Gemini button at the top right of the Chrome browser, with a “Browse with AI” button. The button is more colorful and in your face, which probably gets more users to notice it.
Google AI Overviews Tests Speaker Play Button In US
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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Google is testing an option to read aloud the AI Overviews by clicking on a speaker icon at the top of the AI Overview within Google Search. And the crazy thing, this is being tested in the US.
Microsoft Advertising Adds Custom Columns For Advanced Reporting
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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Microsoft has added the ability to add custom columns to the Microsoft Advertising user interface and advertising console. But it doesn’t offer every metric, including missing the segment by conversion action metric.
Google’s John Mueller Calls Some SEO Content – Digital Mulch
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- Posted on December 29, 2025
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Google’s John Mueller posted one of his one-liners, where he called some forms of SEO content as “digital mulch.” He wrote, “And let’s be honest’”most of that SEO content is just digital mulch. (…) If your blog exists solely to rank, it’s living on borrowed time.”
An Alarming 75% of Homes Are Too Expensive For Buyers
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- Posted on December 26, 2025
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Starter homes have become nonstarter homes for many Americans. Three-quarters of the homes currently listed for sale are out of reach for median-income earners, according to a recent analysis from […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 26, 2025
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- Posted on December 26, 2025
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google: #1 Google Ads Launches Of 2025
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- Posted on December 26, 2025
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Google has been publishing these videos from advertisers on the number one Google Ads launches of the year 2025. Bug Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, was asked and she picked PMax channel performance reporting as her number one feature release for Google Ads in 2025.
ChatGPT Ads May Prioritize Sponsored Content In AI Responses
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- Posted on December 26, 2025
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A report from The Information outlined a number of avenues OpenAI is looking at for ad formats in ChatGPT. The main one that is reportedly being thrown around at the AI company is to show sponsored content within the AI responses given by ChatGPT.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Core Update Status, News Publishers Traffic Distribution, Ads In AI Overviews Expand, ChatGPT Ads & Christmas
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- Posted on December 26, 2025
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This week in search, we covered an update on the Google December 2025 core update. Google Search traffic to news publishers continues to vanish, but there is Google Discover. A report shows Google has deleted a ton…






