Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- Google Algorithm Update On January 16th, MLK Day?
Yesterday was a US holiday, so overall there was less people working, searching and buying online. But... - Google: The Mobile Friendly Icons Confused Searchers Initially
Google's John Mueller said in a YouTube hangout on the other day at the 9:20 mark into the video that when Google launched the mobile friendly label in the mobile search results... - Google: Crawl Rate & Crawl Demand = Crawl Budget
Several weeks ago, Google told us crawl budget is not what we think it is and promised to write a blog post explaining what Google defines as crawl budget. Well, Gary Illyes posted on the Google blog What Crawl Budget Means for Googlebot... - Tell Google What Technical SEO Topic They Should Write About
Gary Illyes from Google posted on Twitter asking webmasters and SEOs "what (technical) topic would you be interested in reading on the Official Google Webmaster Blog... - Google Maps Highlights Robert E. Lee's Birthday Instead Of Martin Luther King Yesterday For Some
Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States but in some states, instead of Google showing adjusted holiday hours for Martin Luther King... - Spelling Google Wrong On Google Bumper Stickers
4ever_sashaa shared a photo on Instagram of someone who bought tons of Google bumper stickers but spelled Google wrong. As you can see, it reads Gogole instead of Google. The color order is correct,
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @LaJe_87 We try to extract URLs from a variety of places - do you have some sample URLs to check?", John Mueller on Twitter
- Meta tags dropped my SERP and traffic, WebmasterWorld
- UK ISPs to Begin Sending Copyright Infringers "Get it Right" Messages, WebmasterWorld
