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 Chatter & Signals February 20th
I am starting to see a bit of chatter around the SEO industry about a possible Google algorithm and ranking update... - Google Mobile First Index Expanding Within Next Several Weeks
Gary Illyes from Google said at PubCon that Google will be rolling in more web sites into the mobile first index starting over the next several weeks. - Google Search Console Blocked Resources Reporting Bug
Google published on their data anomalies page about a new error in the reporting section of the old Google Search Console's blocked resources report. You may see decreased counts of pages with blocked resources... - Google: Content Order, Position & Placement Matters
Yesterday at PubCon, Gary Illyes from Google said something that got attention by the folks in the audience. He said that where you place your content on your page can impact - Google Is Confused As To Who Is Search Engine Roundtable
Go ahead, do a search for [seroundtable] in Google, the domain of this site and you will get a knowledge panel from LeapFroggr. It says LeapFroggr was founded in 2013, ten years after this site's first blog post and that it is based in Quezon City, Philippines, we are based in New York... - Google: Some Old Features Won't Be In New Google Search Console
Just yesterday, 24 hours ago, we reported that John Mueller of Google said that they will be porting all the old Google Search Console features to the new version... - Jennifer Horowitz - 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. Jennifer Horowitz is 42 years old and has been in the online world since she was 23, 19 years in SEO... - Captain America At Google?
Here is a photo of Tarun Singh, I believe, dressed up as Captain American and standing in front of the big Google sign at the GooglePlex. Tarun Singh is a Product Analyst at Google who went to Harv
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Between @methode and @johnmu they send out about 100 emails a week because sites have a rogue noindex/robots block. Now, the new GSC does this. @methode #Pubcon, Marie Haynes on Twitter
- A few insights into foods of yore... Or at least, foods that were strange bac..., Google+ - Dan Russell
- Adjust YouTube video quality on your TV or game console - Google Product Forums, YouTube Help
- CEO Sundar Pichai recently announced that we’re investing in offices across t..., Google+ - Life at Google
- Reserve With Google launched in Canada; New booking CTA added to local packs; and Google is conducting a number of booking CTA UI tests: https://t.co/KmLfA9sleY cc:@rustybrick @mblumenthal, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- Twitter Limits Automation and Simultaneous Tweets Across Multiple Accounts, WebmasterWorld
