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Weekly SEO and Marketing Recap: Aug 30, 2025
Ali Akbar
August 30, 2025
Hey there — welcome back!
Thanks for carving out a minute for your daily dose of traffic boosts, PPC tweaks, and industry gossip.
🚀 Today’s Power Play:
AI Symphony Guide for TikTok Marketers
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👉 Check out the full blog for more tips and workflow insights.
Today we released the August 2025 spam update.
It may take a few weeks to complete, and we'll post on the Google Search Status Dashboard when the rollout is done:
status.search.google.com/incidents/a7Aa…— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc)
4:05 PM • Aug 26, 2025
Ranking turbulence spiked within 24 hours of the 26 August rollout as the spam-fighting tweak knocked many low-quality sites down a peg.
A bug that throttled Searchbot activity for select domains was patched on 27 August, easing fears of indexation delays.
SEO pros spotted the AI search engine’s topic hubs being indexed—hinting at fresh competition for featured snippets.
New data shows descriptive prompts and official docs boost the odds that OpenAI’s model recommends specific products in answers.
A data set shows the two assistants match just 38% of recommendations, hinting at very different training biases.
A step-by-step post walks through backlink losses, cannibalization, and SERP volatility before pressing the panic button.
New monetization options mean eligible channels in Russia can finally earn directly from the app.
Aff.Ninja walks through Smartlink AI, CrakClicks, and other machine-learning features that can lift adult affiliate conversions while trimming manual campaign tweaks by a reported 30%.
No GenAI, no upscaling. We're running an experiment on select YouTube Shorts that uses traditional machine learning technology to unblur, denoise, and improve clarity in videos during processing (similar to what a modern smartphone does when you record a video)
YouTube is always
— YouTube Liaison (@YouTubeInsider)
4:08 PM • Aug 20, 2025
Coverage highlights YouTube’s machine learning clean-up for Shorts playback alongside reports of AI-driven edits to videos without explicit creator permission, raising control and consent questions.
After a brief hiatus, the e-commerce giant resumed listing products on several non-US domains, restoring a key traffic channel.
🗓️ Event Spotlight: Broconf 6 2025
Retro Vibe Conference in Moscow
Broconf returns October 21–22 in Moscow, bringing two days of high-energy networking, retro-futuristic parties, and major industry reveals.
3,500+ attendees
30+ top speakers from the affiliate and arbitrage world
40+ partner stands with giveaways and entertainment
Legendary afterparty featuring ultra all-inclusive food and premium drinks for VIP guests
Early tickets start at 9,500₽; afterparty and VIP packages also available. Prices go up after September 1—secure your spot now and get ready to dive into the unforgettable USSR-inspired vibe.
🔧 Tool Spotlight: PropellerAds
Need extra reach when traffic feels sluggish? PropellerAds packs a 1-billion-user inventory across pop, push, Telegram, and in-page formats.
14B impressions/day in 195+ GEOs
Multiformat campaigns test 3 ad types at once
CPA Goal & auto-rules shave hours off manual optimization
Anti-fraud layer keeps conversions clean
Launch with PropellerAds—start scaling traffic now!
🤯 Meme Dash: Stats Stuck at Zero?!
That’s a wrap for this week—queue up your next moves and watch the weekend wins roll in.
Ali from AFFNinja 🥷