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 SEO: Should Titles & H1 Tags Be Exactly The Same?
The other week, I reported that with Google News specifically, the recommendation is that your titles and H1s be consistent. Now a Google Webmaster Help thread - Google To Update Widget Link Guidelines Fairly Soon
A couple weeks ago we posted how Google's John Mueller said he would avoid link building in general, but in that, he said you can enable people to easily link to you by offering a widget or something. John was asked about widgets for link building... - Google AdWords Converts Your Flash Ads To HTML5 With Swiffy
Google announced on Google+ that they will now automatically convert eligible Flash ads to HTML5 format, this way the ad can be displayed on more devices... - Google My Business Listing Fraud Through Craigslist
A couple months ago we reported on the topic of Google business verification fraud through the old fashion US postal service. It is a common thing that scammers do to gain trusted listings in Google Maps through the Google My Business center... - Google Search Auto Suggest Displays Knowledge Graph Data
Sometimes when you do searches at Google, the auto-complete suggestions offered in the search bar may show additional snippets of information - Google Rope Logo All Stitched Up
Richard Hay from Google shared yet another neat photo from Google's office, this is of a yellow Google logo all stitched up on the all, with yellow ropes. Richard said on Google+, "all tied up" and l
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Yahoo Scientists: “Dwell Time” Is A Better Metric Than CTR, WebmasterWorld
- I want to move from https to http without losing ranking on google, WebmasterWorld
- IDC: Android and iOS Reach 96.3 pct of Smartphone OS Market in 2014, WebmasterWorld
- Majestic Landscapes 3D Printing, John Mueller - Google+
- Switch from .com to .co.uk to clean link profile - thoughts?, WebmasterWorld
- Whats the view on actively disavowing links as they appear in WMT?, WebmasterWorld
