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's Mobile First Indexing Is Unrelated To Weekend Algorithm Update
Yesterday during the video hangout with Google's John Mueller I asked if the mobile first indexing rollout was at all related to what folks were seeing with this past weekend's Google algorithm update. In short, John said no, they are unrelated... - Bing Adds More Intelligent Search Features
Bing announced this week that they launched new intelligent search features. Here is a quick run down on those features: - Google: Indexing New URLs Is Working Fine, No Issues Here
Yesterday we reported on something lingering for a couple weeks around Google not indexing new URLs fast enough, like they use to... - Google Posts Tests New Creating Posts Layout
Colan Nieslen posted on Twitter something that most people in the local space wouldn't even notice, a redesign to the Google Posts creation tool within Google My Business... - Rob Bucci - 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. Rob Bucci is 35 years old and lives in Vancouver, BC with his amazing and supportive husband... - Google Doodle For Hannah Glasse; The Art of Cookery Author
Today on Google's home page is a special Google logo, Google Doodle, for Hannah Glasse. Hannah Glasse was born 310 years ago London, England and died at the age of 62 in London, England on September 1... - Google Baby Shower Gifts
What do you get a Googler who is having a baby? Google baby swag and stuff. Here is a photo from Jennifer Prior who posted on Instagram some of the Google stuff she got at her baby shower from her t
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- AdWords Spend-Pay Close Attention: Google is Sneaky, Cre8asite Forums
- Firefox Extension is a Facebook Container Isolating Your Web Activity, WebmasterWorld
- Today, we’re making @googlemaps even more useful by adding 39 new languages—spoken by an estimated 1.25 billion people worldwide → https://t.co/CDRZTKQSBt… https://t.co/ko9ZW40vDq, Google on Twitter
- @sergey_alakov Have you ever seen the Reserve with Google feature show for a restaurant? Have they added a new partner? I've only seen it for salons, yoga studios, etc.… https://t.co/a6j1ATGMab, Mordy Oberstein on Twitter
- A good desktop site can perform better than a bad mobile site, on mobile (for users & for search). If you have content on desktop-only, we can still index that with mobile-indexing, provided it's on a separate URL, John Mueller on Twitter
- At some point, we’ve all been caught off guard by an annoying ad online—like ..., Google+ - AdSense
- Google Earth FAQ, Google Maps Help
- Save Time! Check These Top User Questions on Maps Before Posting a New Thread, Google Maps Help
