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's John Mueller: Be Yourself & Not Your Keywords
John Mueller, Google's Search Trends Analyst said something meme worthy the other day in a Google webmaster hangout... - Google Makes It Harder To Join The YouTube Partner Program
The big news over night was that Google announced changes to the eligibility requirements to join the YouTube Partner Program (YPP). Previously, the requirement was 10,000 lifetime views... - Google: Site Splits Or Merges Take Longer Than Site Moves
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that site splits or merges take longer that one-to-one site moves to adapt and transition in Google's index and ranking. That means that if you move lets say from domainA.com to domainB... - Google Search Console Beta Sends Invites To More Webmasters & Adds Features
As you know, the new Google Search Console beta is rolling out to more people and yesterday... - Pierre Far - The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here. Pierre Far lives in London with his family and has been part of the SEO community for over a decade... - Google Partner Plex Entry Door
Fun things happen behind this door at the main Google offices in Mountain View. This is the Google Partner Plex and behind that door are cool staircases, hip sofas and much much more. This photo was
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @jonoalderson No, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- @robinlmay @glenngabe Just to save you the trouble - what Glenn's saying in this case is correct. if you explicitly look for URLs, we'll try to be helpful and sho… https://t.co/i2QjEihNyc, John Mueller on Twitter
- Google to Commission Three New Subsea Cables, WebmasterWorld
- @Stockypotty Usually this is something that settles down over time, but I agree it has gotten to a weird state overall with those two sides. I'll bubble… https://t.co/Q9pBWeOPgs, John Mueller on Twitter
- I'm going to be in the Bay Area from Monday till early February. Wanna meet for coffee and talk about search? Leave a comment with your pref… https://t.co/kQrpzKzhY4, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- The newest series of Go-To Guides (S2), The Google Advertiser Community
- We're coming close to the January payment cycle! The AdSense payment cycle i..., Google+ - AdSense
