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 Over The Weekend - March 9th, 10th & 11th?
There may have been an algorithm update with the Google search rankings over the weekend, starting around March 9th... - Google AdWords Custom Columns On Keyword & Ad Level
Google has announced on Google+ they have added custom columns on the keyword and ad level. Google first added custom columns back in 2014 and then expanded it to support formula a year or so ago. Now... - Google's New Icon For Women-Led Businesses In Local Panel
As I reported at Search Engine Land, Google has added a new women-led attribute icon to the local panel result in the mobile search results for those businesses owned by women... - Google Tests Circle Rounded Buttons In Local Panel
Google is testing a new design for the mobile search results... - Eli Schwartz - 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. Eli Schwartz lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and three boys. He is not related to me despite sharing the same last name :)... - Sir William Henry Perkin Google Logo
Today on Google's home page is a special Google logo, a Google Doodle, for the British Chemist who accidental discovered the first aniline dye: the purple mauveine... - Google Balloon Chair Challenge
Here is a photo from some event at the Google Dublin office of a woman sitting on a chair made of balloons. It was posted on Instagram and the person wrote "Creative challenge @google." I guess the c
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- I find this fascinating. Google clearly knows what the search is about (better than Bing), but refuses to rank the website all these other sites are talking about (and linking to). Bing ranks the site #1, but the rest of the resu, Rand Fishkin on Twitter
- I'll pass it on. Currentlt it's probably because Hollywood Reporter wrote its story before Wonder Woman came out. In another search, she's there but just off the scroll, not sure how rankings work there. And she does have a kn, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- For 100 duplicates for 10M pages, sure. Most sites don't have the numbers to make it a critical problem. For large sites, don't just bandaid w/rel-canonical, fix the source of the problem to simplify crawling overal, John Mueller on Twitter
- March 2018 AdSense Earnings & Observations, WebmasterWorld
- Maybe. But if B is totally irrelevant, it's going to look a bit weird on your site & users aren't going to convert.…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Mobile First vs Desktop First, WebmasterWorld
