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 Fred Algorithm Confirmed & Cites Overall Quality Issues
As you know, we finally received real confirmation this past Friday on the March 7th/8th update named the Google Fred update, which I believed targeted low value content sites... - Google: Machine Learning Won't Take Over The Google Algorithm
Last week, during the AMA with Google at SMX West, Google's Gary Illyes said he doesn't see machine learning and artificial intelligence taking over most of the Google ranking algorithms because it is too hard to debug... - Google Publicly Calls Out Company For Selling Links
Normally, Google isn't so public about their shaming of those who go against their webmaster guidelines. But last week... - Google: We've Never Denied An Algorithm Update That Happened
Gary Illyes from Google said on Friday, right after officially confirming the Fred update that Google has never denied an update that "actually happened." At least, he said that Google has never done that, on purpose... - Google Search Console Search Analytics Loses Some Image Search Data
Google has lost some of your data in the Google Search Analytics report within Google Search Console. Specifically around image search clicks and impressions... - GoogleBot With RustyBrick Shirt
John Mueller of Google prints 3D GoogleBots to take on trips with him when he goes to events or business trips. I was lucky this time to get one from Mr. Mueller. This one, as you can see, has the R
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- DYK how often a page should be crawled is decided based on factors like change frequency and importance of the page on the Internets https://t.co/W8D8TZZ1FA, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- DYK in Search Console you can use Fetch and Render to see how we see your page after rendering? It's the same renderer we use in production. https://t.co/fioEmhk7en, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- Google To Deprecate and Remove Trust From 30,000 Symantec-issued Extended Validation Certificates, WebmasterWorld
- Great to see +SimilarWeb on Google Home. Quick information on traffic, cpcs, ..., Google+ - Glenn Gabe
