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: Only Clicks To Your Web Site Are Tracked In Google Search Console
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that the Google Search Console search analytics report only tracks clicks as clicks when the user clicks on something in the search results that leads you directly to your web site... - What Does Google Internally Calls The Search Results Page?
During this whole zero results and no search results on the search results page, I asked Danny Sullivan if Google still calls a search that leads to zero search results the search results page... - Google: You Can Use Non-English URLs For Non-English Pages
Google's John Mueller asked and answered his own question in the latest SEO Snippets video - this one is on using non-English URLs. He said it is perfectly fine and sometimes recommended to use non-English URLs on non-English web sites... - Stoney deGeyter - 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. Stoney deGeyter is 45 and lives in Ohio with his family. He has been in marketing and SEO space for around two decades... - Katsuko Saruhashi Geochemist Google Logo For CO2 In Seawater
Google has a new Google Doodle up for Katsuko Saruhashi, the geochemist who was one of the first to get measurements "of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in seawater and subsequently showed the evidence in seawater and the atmosphere of the dangers of radioactive fallout... - The Chessy Google Logo
Here is a photo from one of the Google offices of a logo on the wall that is the cheesiest Google logo you will ever see. Yea, it is a Google Doodle for cheese. It was posted on Instagram and it see
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Curious which Googlebot is indexing a page - mobile-indexed or desktop? Try out this awesome PHP script from @jonoalderson , and double-check the cached page in search from time to time.… https://t.co/jpTiuMV8ys, John Mueller on Twitter
- Indirect Evidence that CTR May Be a Google Ranking Factor, WebmasterWorld
- As of today, I've officially retired from SEO and stepped down from @PushFire. It's been an amazing two decades, but I'm ready to move on. https://t.co/GQvsqMUlNp, Rae Dolan on Twitter
- hreflang is a signal that helps to show the most relevant result to users depending on their location & settings, it doesn't block sites from appearing in search or being accessible by users.… https://t.co/em9fkO, John Mueller on Twitter
- Mark Zuckerberg Makes Statement About Cambridge Analytica Situation, WebmasterWorld
- Somebody might search for that thing one time eventually" is not a reason to want to rank for "all the things".…, Alan Bleiweiss on Twitter
- We didn't change anything with regards to nofollow recommendations. I'd continue to follow our existing guidances for pagination.… https://t.co/rx76hIwkhb, John Mueller on Twitter