{"id":1602,"date":"2026-04-09T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:49:54","slug":"new-match-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/new-match-type","title":{"rendered":"new match type"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BREAKING: Google introduced a new match type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s called &#8216;Blind match.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-1024x446.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-1024x446.png 1024w, https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-1200x523.png 1200w, https:\/\/nilsrooijmans.com\/daily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 1427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(All search terms were being matched to phrase match keywords.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Nils<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Google introduced a new match type. 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