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Search with Candour — 364 episodes
May 2026 SEO News Recap: Google I/O, AI Traffic in GA4 & the May 2026 Core Update
Does Answering People Also Ask Questions Improve Rankings? (SEO Study w/ Chris Green)
HiveMCR 2026 Recap - SEO talks, AI Search panel, live comedy and more
Conversation with Adam Gent | How Google's index actually works and why indexing matters
SEO News Recap (April–May 2026): Google AI Mode in SERPs, How to Build Agent-Friendly Websites & Gemini in Chrome
The Efficiency Paradox: Why AI Isn’t Actually Making Your Life Easier (Live at Ironworks Studios in Brighton)
Conversation with Mark Williams-Cook | Do People Also Ask Questions Improve Rankings? + Google’s Crackdown on Self-Promo “Best” Listicles
Conversation with Jasmine Granton | The mental health crisis in SEO & digital marketing (and how to fix it)
Social media SEO: Keyword research, search intent & content strategy (with Annie-Mai Hodge from Girl Power Marketing)
SEO News Recap: Google Discover & Core Updates, Bing AI Performance Metrics, Web MCP & UCP (Agentic Commerce)
How to get technical SEO tickets prioritised & shipped | Alison Moss
The key to client partnerships in SEO | Jessica Bettis
GA4 for 2026: Attribution, AI Search Metrics & Digital Archaeology with Bengü Sarıca Dinçer | Search With Candour
Using AI responsibly in digital marketing and podcasting | Sarah McDowell
Future-Proofing E-Commerce for AI Search (Product Feeds, Schema, UGC & Agentic Commerce) | Dena Warren
Creating the perfect content campaign for International Women's Day
7 Biggest SEO News Stories So Far in 2026 (Google UCP, Business Agent, Personal Intelligence)
How businesses can optimise for AI search
SEO Trends & Insights from the Web Almanac 2025
Top SEO Conferences of 2025 & What to Look Forward to in 2026 | Search With Candour
Video content is essential for success in 2026
Why AI makes long-tail keywords MORE powerful
What happened in SEO in 2025? SEO Predictions for 2026
The secrets to earning great HARO links with Greg Heilers
The truth about digital PR: Sentiment is more important than links
Stop using keywords, start using topics for SEO with Amanda King
Strategy vs tactics in SEO with Derek Hobson
Balancing Punk Rock Ethics and Marketing with Ade Holder | Search With Candour
SEO strategies that make money | Ben Goodey on Search with Candour
Sustainable Marketing in 2025: Environmental & Personal Sustainability with Leah Hart | Search With Candour
What to do when you lose 95% of your website traffic | Jacob Cass
MUVERA and the future of backlinks | Egor Golovin from Serpzilla
Exploring Social Health & Career Growth | The SEO Mindset & Search with Candour Live from Brighton
Build your brand or get left behind | Yordan Dimitrov | Search with Candour
BrightonSEO October 2025 recommendations | Mark Williams-Cook | Search with Candour
Zero click SEO: What do we do now? | Pablo López
Measure Your Website's Performance for AI Search | Manuel Madeddu
Personas for AI keyword research | Google breaks rank trackers | Search with Candour with Mark Williams-Cook
The challenges of enterprise SEO with Jojo Furnival
How UX affects SEO | Search with Candour podcast with Ian Ferguson
How to build brand authority with digital PR | Matt Cayless | Search with Candour
2025 is the worst time to rebrand | Interview with Krešimir Ćorluka | Search with Candour
Build better SEO strategies with keyword clustering | Seb Atkinson | Search with Candour
Unlocking Revenue-Driven SEO Strategies with Alex Galinos
Optimise Your Organic Shopping Feeds: SEO Insights with Alex Wright | Search With Candour
In-Depth Discussion on Structured Data & Schema with Jarno van Driel
Why is AI search full of spam? Who will win the browser wars? | SEO podcast with Mark Williams-Cook
Marketing Communication Skills That You Need To Know | Salvatore Manzi
Video Content is Crucial for SEO and Social Media Strategies in 2025
Redefining SEO: The Future of Search and Discoverability with Ramon Eijkemans
Save Money on SEO & PPC Campaigns with Chris Ridley | Search With Candour
Is AI Killing the Job Market? | Search with Candour with Nick LeRoy
Common GA4 Mistakes to Avoid | Dana DiTomaso
Making B2B Content Fun and Engaging with Owain Lloyd-Williams
The Future of SEO: All-star Expert Panel Discusses Google, AI Mode and more
Google Just Changed SEO Forever! The Big SEO News From Google I/O | Search with Candour with Mark Williams-Cook
Free Keyword Research Tools You Need To Know | Kobi Omenaka
Will SEO & Google Ads be killed by AI search engines? | Search with Candour with Greg Finn
Optimising Content for LLMs: AI SEO Insights with Irina Papuc | Search With Candour
Maximise Your SEO with AI Agents: Insights from Tom Winter of SEO Wind
How to Start Your Own Marketing Agency | Search with Candour featuring Matt Kohli
How To Build Your Personal Brand - LIVE from Brighton with The SEO Mindset
Mapping user journeys with Grace Frohlich
BrightonSEO Recommendations & Google Warming - with Mark Williams-Cook
Ex-Google senior employee Kaspar Szymanski explains what really matters in SEO
AI in Content Creation: Challenges & Opportunities with Erika Varangouli
Navigating JavaScript and Website Migrations with Sam Torres & Tory Gray
Branded search in 2025 | Mordy Oberstein
SEO Pagination Best Practices & Google's Sneaky Anti-Spam Tactics | Mark Williams-Cook
Prove your topical authority to Google | Dani Leitner
The Future of Google and AI Search with Itamar Blauer
Create content that converts | Steven Schneider
SEO Insights and Debates: Consensus, Tech SEO Value & Traffic Trends | Mark Williams-Cook
Why SEO & PPC Teams Must Work Together | Anu Adegbola
Are backlinks still worth it in 2025? - Tamara Novitovic
How SEO Changed in 2024: The web almanac with Jamie Indigo
2024 SEO Highlights and 2025 SEO Predictions
Google Exploit Data Discussion with Mark Williams-Cook
The Top 10 Episodes of Search With Candour in 2024
Storytelling will improve your marketing with Will Slater
Unlocking AI Overviews with Tomek Rudzki
Improve your content by fixing your content hierarchy - Amanda King
Google core update and site reputation abuse fallout
Unlocking Web Data Insights with Marco Giordano
Critical Thinking Skills for SEO with Noah Learner
SEO News: AI-organised search results and personalised Google Shopping feeds
Halloween SEO tips and Google Trends - Myriam Jessier & Stéphanie Walter
Local SEO strategies you should be doing with Darren Shaw
Strategic Career Planning - Live Podcast
Negativity bias with Giulia Panozzo
Stop doing SEO translation, start doing SEO localization with Maria Scheibengraf
How to use AI for SEO with Eric Hoover
Is SearchGPT better than Google? with Mark Williams-Cook
The Impact of Social Media on SEO with Ashley Liddell
Video SEO best practice and the latest SEO news
Career planning and live podcast announcement
Judge rules that Google is a monopoly
Build successful marketing events and communities with SEO Jo Blogs
JavaScript SEO in 2024 with Patrick Hathaway
Digital PR is the future of link building with Vince Nero
Goodbye to continuous scroll and Universal Analytics with Mark Williams-Cook
SEO education with Nikki Pilkington
Networking for introverts and tips for networking with social anxiety with Josephine Rudolf
How SEO tools work with Simon Lesser
SEO agency red flags with Emina Demiri-Watson
How to build topical authority with Shaunda Necole
Organic channel alignment for growth and content ideas with Ray Saddiq
Owned asset optimisation with Jonas Sickler
How to turn off AI Overviews with Mark Williams-Cook
Confirmation bias in search with Sarah Presch
Reporting for enterprise SEO with Munene Mumbi
Key events and attribution in GA4 with Dana DiTomaso
Is Bing better than Google now?
Website migrations in ecommerce with Andy Frobisher
Is Google becoming more like Baidu? with Adam Di Frisco
Sustainable SEO and how to make your website greener with Matt Tutt
AI Act and Google anti-trust trial debrief
How to get into technical SEO with Beth Woodcock
Storytelling in marketing with Amy Doherty
What is the Digital Markets Act? with Gus Pelogia
Is the Google and Reddit agreement good or bad for SEO?
Squiggly SEO career paths with Hannah Butcher
How to make your content uniquely helpful with Nate Matherson
Websites 101 with Alex Harford
How to become an SEO freelancer
Is Google getting worse? with Mark Williams-Cook
SEO reporting for SMBs with Riley Hope
SEO and security with Chris Spann
What is enterprise SEO? with Matt Hepburn
How emotional intelligence can help you in your career with Petra Kis-Herczegh
How good were our 2023 SEO predictions? with Mark Williams-Cook
2023 in SEO and 2024 SEO predictions with Crystal Carter, Arnout Hellemans and Bibi The Link Builder
SEO Mythbusters with Morgan Petrov
Google trial summary and Google Notes failure with Mark Williams-Cook
Why you should care about INP with Seb Atkinson
The Dating MBA: When Love Meets Metrics with Lidia Infante
Google helpful content and shift away from traditional SEO with Daniel Foley Carter
BERT vs ERNIE and Google Discover desktop
2023 Halloween Spooktacular with Myriam Jessier & Stephanie Walter
How to play Google's PPC game with Ashwin Balakrishnan
The state of schema in 2023 with Dave Ojeda
How to think like an SEO Product Manager with Adam Gent
Helpful content update fallout and do links still matter in 2023?
Managing your energy levels with The SEO Mindset
BrightonSEO September 2023 Special
Do you need to know code if you have a CMS with Jess Joyce
How to analyse traffic drops with Ebere Jonathan
Google's introduces 'learn as you search' and remove links from SGE
When voice search and accents collide with Alan Presch
How to grow an international client base as a freelancer with Alizée Baudez
Is link-building hard in 2023? with Jo O'Reilly
INP in Core Web Vitals, Programmatic SEO and TrendWatch
Five annoying SEO things in 2023 with Katie McDonald
SGE and the future of SERPs with Austine Esezobor
Live podcast announcement - 13th September 2023 in Brighton
SEO Testing with Ryan Jones
Google Perspectives with Garrett Sussman
Google Perspectives, reporting spammy sites and SectorWatch
Moving from agency to in-house with Jen Penaluna
10 SEO podcasts you should listen to in 2023
How to work from home safely and comfortable with Jo Blood from Posture People
Topical authority and Search Generative Experience with Mark Williams-Cook
The intersection of SEO and UX with Adriana Stein
Google indexing speed, syndicated content and TrendWatch
Self confidence with Tazmin Suleman
BrightonSEO April 2023 Highlights with Emma-Jane Stogdon
Dealing with anxiety at conferences with SEO Mindset (live in Brighton)
Five tips for better content briefs with Witty Content Writers (Silvia & Minnie)
SEO News: GSC Product listings update and another way to deindex URLs
Google adds 'your favourite brands' on SERPs and an OpenAI meta description generator
How to write content that satisfies Google's E-E-A-T Guidelines with John Iwuozor
How to create effective niche content with Kevin Gichane
Live podcast announcement with The SEO Mindset - 19th April 2023 in Brighton
SEO News: Disavowing links, TrendWatch February 2023 and new featured snippets blue highlight
SEO News: New Bing AI, Product Review Update and GSC Bulk Export
How to create content that stands out with Lily Ugbaja
SEO News: ChatGPT vs Bard, 'Trending' label on People Also Ask and 'Content Ideas' in Google Search Console
Five mistakes that rule websites out of Google's Knowledge Graph with Sodiq Ajala
How to create quality content and avoid burnout with Alice Rowan
Ecommerce pagination with Goodness Azubuogu
The importance of cultural understanding in SEO with Sarah Presch
Being a digital marketing generalist in 2023 with Tom Marriott
ChatGPT coming to Bing Search, a new Bingbot and Google to introduce chatbot for healthcare queries
2022 SEO year in review and 2023 predictions
Entity SEO with Sara Taher
SEO news: Crawl budget optimisation, site accessibility and continuous scroll
News: Google pay advertisers $100, face-swapping actors on SERPs, new BrightLocal Academy course and more!
SEO news: A guide to Google Search ranking systems / Does URL length and structure matter?
How to turn big brands into digital publishers with Jeff Grill
What has empathy got to do with technical SEO? with Daniel K Cheung
How to build a digital marketing agency as a BIPOC individual with Jamar Ramos
SEO Horror Stories - Halloween Spooktacular 2022 with Myriam Jessier & Stéphanie Walter
Writing for humans and robots with Maddy Osman
SEO Audits with Olga Zarr
Breaking out of your brand bubble with Alex Hickson
Live SEO Q&A September 2022: Mark & Jack answer your questions live on LinkedIn
Carving out your SEO career path with Luce Rawlings
How digital PR can benefit your SEO with Jenny Abouobaia
Google Helpful Content Update rollout complete and Tiktok adds regional trend analysis
Better Ads Standards coming in October 2022, Top 100 UK domains from SISTRIX, Helpful Content Update
Intersectionality in the SEO industry with Chloe Smith
SEO news: Screaming Frog launches v17, Youtube Shorts algorithm explained and GSC report update rollout
SEO news: Wix's Site Inspection tool, Google steps up Featured Snippets with MUM and more.
Google updates the Search Quality Raters' Guidelines and some listener Q&A
TikTok as a search engine with Annie-Mai Hodge
Multi-image SEO for ecommerce, Google Search Console video indexing report & voice over for Youtube ads
What SEOs can learn from PPC with Alice Roussel
Almost half of GSC clicks go to hidden keywords and SERP annotations from unstructured data
Mobile SEO with Cindy Krum
Aira's annual State of Link Building report, Bing's in-SERP voucher codes and Google's Evolution of Search
Imposter syndrome in the SEO industry with Sarah McDowell
Voice search, site migrations & the future of SEO with Katherine Watier Ong
Google's May 2022 Core Update, using spam sites for keyword research and Apple's search engine
Automating migrations, Wix's new learning hub, Performance Max updates and the Edge Images plugin
Keywordinsights, topic clusters and search intent with Andy Chadwick
Stoicism and SEO for Headless CMS with Alex Wright
Steve Paine from SISTRIX: Visibility Index, Amazon SEO, Primark's new website and SISTRIX Academy
AlsoAsked Deep Search, AI scammers file fake DMCA notices, Google Webspam Report 2021, Google's new CDN and more
The new WooCommerce and Pinterest partnership, update on Google’s stance on AI-generated content, Multi-account Google Ads dashboard and more
Google Know Your Data, Google Multisearch and Google's stance on AI-generated content
Local SEO with Claire Carlile
The latest product review update, tabbed meta descriptions in SERPs, SISTRIX’s new Live Data feature, updates for Google Tag Manager and RIP to the URL parameters tool
Google is sunsetting Universal Analytics, GA4 tutorials & alternatives, new 'lower price' badge, Google Unconference 2022, Brighton SEO April 2022
AlsoAsked, vehicle ads now available on Google in the US, SISTRIX SERPs tools, how to debug missing pages on Screaming Frog
A great SERP features glossary, Sitebulb Server, GPT3 emotional goal & ad copy generator, Bing Professional Service Ads and GA4 homepage update
Keyword Insights v2 launch, English to regex tool, errors in Google Search Console, SISTRIX TrendWatch March 2022 & Google Shopping Stories
BERT, new Google Shopping experience scorecard, Page Experience update for desktop and a WordPress plugin vulnerability
Google Search Console data loss, Google Analytics ruled illegal, SectorWatch and GA4 attribution models
Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool API, SISTRIX IndexWatch UK retail edition, query strings and paid links and the new Bing automotive marketplace
Tom Critchlow, Tom's SEO MBA course, Google Search Console's URL Inspection API and Deepcrawl launching on Wix
Indexifembedded - a new robots tag, ContentKing's log file analysis, real-time reporting in GA4 and Google Ads' new Experiments page
Yoast on Shopify, average position in Google Search Console, IndexWatch biggest losers and how to uncover more of your direct traffic
Page Experience update for desktop, tracking featured snippets & redirect chains and IndexNow
Episode 131: The end of season 1!
Episode 130: Title updates, Cloudflare signed exchanges and new Google Ads transparency and ad types
Episode 129: SEO A/B testing and how companies should think about SEO investments with Will Critchlow
Episode 128: AI content that ranks, title woes and your SEO Q&A
Episode 127: SEO resources, tools, guides and a dive into duplicate links
Episode 126: E-commerce SEO: page speed and performance with Nathan Lomax
Episode 125: Mass Google title rewrites and passage indexing deep-dive
Episode 124: Schema tools, author.url and Core Web Vitals tech report
Episode 123: Safe browsing, page experience, tie-breakers and canonical images
Episode 122: E-commerce SEO: internal linking with Nathan Lomax
Episode 121: 301s, site operators, CTR tests and Smart Bidding updates
Episode 120: DirectApply schema, Facebook tracking, GoDaddy listings and Google responding to fresh queries
Episode 119: Knowledge Graph and authors, new link reclamation tactics and how GSC reports impressions
Episode 118: E-commerce SEO live Q&A part 3: content, with Nathan Lomax
Episode 117: E-commerce SEO live Q&A part 2 with Nathan Lomax
Episode 116: Shopping Graph, more June Core news, FAQ schema and Search Console Insights
Episode 115: June Core Update and the convenience of Google Duplex
Episode 114: E-commerce SEO beginner questions with Nathan Lomax
Episode 113: LaMDA, also covered, AMP and redirects
Episode 112: Desktop page experience, new Google Ads features and MUM
Episode 111: Bing video extensions and improving your technical SEO audits
Episode 110: Product review winners and losers, Google policy changes and indexing reports
Episode 109: SERP refinement, product reviews and page experience
Episode 108: Local SEO with Emily Brady
Episode 107: Live LinkedIn SEO Q&A with Alex Holliman
Episode 106: SEO QA with Gianna Brachetti-Truskawa
Episode 105: Keyword mapping with Sophie Brannon
Episode 104: SEO expectation management with Billie Geena
Episode 103: Image SEO with professional photographer Joe Lenton
Episode 102: Learning SEO via social media with Daniel Foley Carter
Episode 101 - SEMrush IPO, DevTools Local Overrides, Shopify SEO and rich snippets
Episode 100: InLinks, entities and internal linking with Dixon Jones
Episode 99: Google Ads match type changes and GSC Web Vitals report delays
Episode 98: iOS14, ATT and Google passage ranking
Episode 97: Site monitoring with Dom Hodgson from Little Warden
Episode 96: Avoiding SEO scams
Episode 95: Brand SERPs and Knowledge Panels with Jason Barnard
Episode 94: Selling in YouTube, crawl anomalies and news performance reports
Episode 93: Keyword research with AlsoAsked and Question hub, search sundry and more Q&A
Episode 92: 2020 Christmas special with Judith Lewis, Chris Green & Kristina Azarenko
Episode 91: Core update review, brands in PAAs and listener Q&A
Episode 90: December Core Update, crawl stats and budgets and Core Vital FAQs
Episode 89: Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with Simo Ahava and Krista Seiden
Episode 88: Wix SEO with Mordy Oberstein
Episode 87: GMB review bugs, May 2021 page experience and Black Friday optimisation
Episode 86: 2020 e-commerce SEO with Roman Sadowski
Episode 85: All about Google's EAT, YMYL and patents with Lily Ray
Episode 84: Mobile-only indexing, AI for alt tags and QRG updates
Episode 83: New Google features, suggest ads and passage indexing
Episode 82: StreamEA, GPT-3, indexing bugs and search term reports
Episode 81: Indexing issues, merchant centre metrics and Google News Showcase
Episode 80: Shipping schema, GMB messaging, ads affecting SEO
Episode 79: Google HTTP2, cheap hosting and rankings and ITP in iOS14
Episode 78: The PPC bumper episode of updates
Episode 77: Search term keyword data reduced, price hikes and Q&A
Episode 76: Content with more crunch with Elodie Partridge
Episode 75: Women in Tech SEO with Areej AbuAli
Episode 74: Google glitches, GMB updates, GPT-3 and Q&A
Episode 73: GSC API changes, quality rater update and what is not a ranking factor
Episode 72: Buy with Google, Internal ranking documents and infinite scroll CLS
Episode 71: News in GSC, Weird SEO and Google Web Stories
Episode 70: Tab surprises, Google CTRs and All in One security flaws
Episode 69: Blogspot.in, indexing low quality pages and the rich results tool
Episode 68 - SEO site audits and Sitebulb with Patrick Hathaway
Episode 67: Web spam statistics, text fragments and tracking featured snippets
Episode 66 - SEO, information retrieval and foraging with Dawn Anderson
Episode 65 - Garage spam, nofollow confusion and guest penalties with Andrew Cock-Starkey
Episode 64: The state of link building in 2020 with James Brockbank
Episode 63: Core Web Vitals as ranking factors and Discovery Ads
Episode 62: Lighthouse v6 metrics and unlinked mentions
Episode 61: Optimising internal links and content structure
Episode 60: Google May 2020 Core Update and SEO myths
Episode 59: Backlinko SEO study with Dan Taylor
Episode 58: Google (no)index, free shopping feeds and featured snippet traffic loss
Episode 57: E-commerce categorisation and faceted navigation SEO with Kristina Azarenko
Episode 56: Coronavirus e-commerce insights with Luke Carthy
Episode 55: The moving target of keyword research
Episode 54 COVID-19 Google Ad grants and how to temporarily close a website
Episode 53: Digital marketing during COVID-19 with Kevin Indig
Episode 52: SEO myths and misconceptions with Natalie Mott
Episode 51: The SEO process with Seb Atkinson
Episode 50: Google guest post crackdown and dealing with fake PPC traffic
Episode 49: The SEO gap in web development
Episode 48: Fashion SERPs and Google Partner programme changes
Episode 47: Removing content from Google, Google Ads delivery and ISP data
Episode 46: SEO audits deep dive with Aleyda Solis
Episode 45: Desktop favicons and featured snippet update
Episode 44: Effective SEO site audits with Aleyda Solis
Episode 43: IndexWatch 2019, Medium's organic fall and listener Q&A
Episode 42: Avoiding SEO disasters with Steven van Vessum
Episode 41: Roundtable discussion of search predictions for 2020
Episode 40: Fail free content marketing with Lexi Mills
Episode 39: AI bias in guidelines and should you disavow?
Episode 38: The devil that is Google Ads Optimisation Score
Episode 37: GSC product and speed reports, political ads, AlsoAsked.com and Q&A
Episode 36: Big site SEO [Part 2] with Andrew Smith
Episode 35: Big site SEO with Andrew Smith
Episode 34: Outsourcing your digital marketing on the cheap with Dom Hodgson
Episode 33: BERT, Lead Form Extensions and bumper video BETA
Episode 32: Blackhat PPC special
Episode 31: Lessons from over 120 site migrations with Chris Green
Episode 30: Googlebot user-agents, internal nofollow links, listener Q&A
Episode 29b: September core update, Rich snippet controls and GSC data
Episode 28: Google review rich results, GSC Breadcrumbs and Microsoft Audiences
Episode 27: Nofollow, Google Quality Rater Guidelines and ECPC changes
Episode 26: SEO with UX expert Tom Haczewski
Episode 25: GMB ads, average position and maximise conversion value
Episode 24: The journey of keyword research with Daniel Brooks
Episode 23: Utilising audiences in the Google Display Network
Episode 22: Content marketing for SMEs with Stacey MacNaught
Episode 21: SEO tactics to implement with Lukasz Zelezny
Episode 20: Google Ads ROI, Maverick and #AskGoogleWebmasters
Episode 19: Google Shopping support and automated bidding algorithm changes
Episode 18: Local SEO, GMB bugs and Google SERP experiments
Episode 17: Robots.txt changes, diversity update and keyword research with Python
Episode 16: All about Google penalties
Episode 15: An introduction to structured data and schema with Andrew Martin
Episode 14: Should we trust Google? Q&A and June algorithm update advice
Episode 13: Google core update and a silent Google Ads location update
Episode 12: Outreach done right with Jack Bamfield
Episode 11: Combating PPC click fraud and a new Google SERP
Episode 10: Google Marketing Live 2019 - the big PPC changes
Episode 9: Google I/O, Evergreen Googlebot and HowTo/FAQ structured data
Episode 8: More GSC bugs, Bing Ads rebrand and blackhat XSS
Episode 7: Behind the blackhat with Craig Campbell
Episode 6: Yoast schema and AMP signed exchanges
Episode 5: Google de-indexing, Discover in Search Console and Gallery Ads
Episode 4: Sub-site links, custom intent audiences and action extensions
Episode 3: Getting SEO results by introducing schema
Episode 2: Pagination problems, date published abuse and Google My Business fraud reporting
Episode 1: Google Shopping changes, ITP and a core algorithm update