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:
- Confirmed: Google Image Search Update Impacts Traffic Data
Last week, we reported that webmasters and SEOs saw huge declines in Google image search traffic specifically from international versions of Google - i.e. not the US. Well... - Google & Bing To Step Up Demoting Piracy From UK Search Results
News is out that Google and Bing have made a deal with the Intellectual Property Office and British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and Motion Picture Association organizations for both search engines to do better removing or demoting pirated content in the UK search results... - Bing Celebrates President's Day But Not Google
If you visit Google's home page, you will see the ordinary Google logo - not a Doodle for the President's Day holiday in the United States. If you visit Bing, on the other hand... - How Long Does It Take To Clean Up A Hacked Site Mess In Google Search Console?
When a site gets hacked it can cause lots of problems for the site owner. Of course, the ranking issues and penalties that may be associated with the site. But once your rankings come back... - Google Local Pack Shows: "Near You X Minutes Ago"
Sergey Alakov, the local pack watch man, has spotted more changes with the local pack and posted them on Twitter. The latest one shows how Google is showing local results based on your query based on knowing your location X minutes ago... - Google Airplane Seat Covers
Here is a photo from the Air Charter Service Twitter account showing a plane where all the airplane seat headrest covers are branded with the Google logo. I guess this is a Google chartered flight an
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Pagerank Patent End of Life, WebmasterWorld
- Google indexed a PBN as https... is it a problem?, BlackHatWorld
- New! An overview of our current #BingAds market share: https://t.co/e1w66uldg3 #ppc #DigitalMarketing #SEM https://t.co/qxhX9hEiwP, Bing Ads on Twitter
- Our #GoogleNews team has expanded the fact checking tab to more countries. Re..., Google+ - Life at Google
- The Dangerous State of Black Hat SEO in 2017!, BlackHatWorld