412 | News from the EDGE | Week of 4.19.2021

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.

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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.

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WordPress Proposal To Block FLoC

A new proposal in front of WordPress asks them to treat FLoC like a security concern.

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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.