The Captiv Journal

Notes on getting found.

Plain-English takes on captions, hashtags, and how discovery actually works — across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and search.

Search & discovery

Google now tracks your social posts in Search

Google now lets you track how your Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube posts perform in Google Search. Here’s what the July 2026 “platform properties” update really signals — and why your captions just got more important.

July 10, 2026·5 min readRead →

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