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:
- Ahrefs To Compete With Google Search & Share The Wealth With Publishers
Yesterday, Dmitry Gerasimenko the CEO of Ahrefs - a beloved SEO toolset provider, announced on Twitter his company will be building a search engine to compete with Google. He knows it sounds crazy, he said that, but he said he wants to do it for two reasons. - Google: It Is Okay To Redirect Lower Quality Content Pages To Better Pages
Google's John Mueller said in a video hangout the other day at the 50 minute mark that redirecting a low quality page to a higher quality page won't hurt the higher quality page. Google will evaluate the content on the final page, the ultimate page, and not evaluate the content from the redirected page. - Google Info Command Is Now Dead
As expected, Google's info command no longer works. It stopped working yesterday afternoon. So now if you try to do the special search operator, you will just get search results from that site and nothing special. - Google Help Video On Angular SEO
Here is the next video in the series of JavaScript SEO videos from Google. This one is on Make your Angular web apps discoverable in search and SEO friendly. Martin Splitt from Google digs into the tech behind how this works and how you can help Google discover the content within your Angular web apps. - Matt Cutts, Still Leaves Honeypot Traps For SEOs
Matt Cutts, the former Google spam fighting lead, now the Administrator of the United States Digital Service, said on Twitter that he still has a "few honeypot traps" to catch SEOs and then will report them for fun. - Google NYC Office Indoor Street Signs
When you walk around the Google office in New York City you see street signs as a form of directions to get to different parts of the office. It is a massive office and a lot of people I know get lost
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Ah, within an SVG - thanks! We might notice the URL there and pick that up, but in general we wouldn't index embedded SVGs. Is that a common pattern?… https://t.co/0QiHDT1Suw, John Mueller on Twitter
- Can we trust Ad Balancer?, WebmasterWorld
- Complying with EU Copyright directive, WebmasterWorld
- Disavow this kind of (thousands) links is a good idea?, WebmasterWorld
Search Engine Land Stories:
- SMX Overtime: Evaluating and managing your ad options
- Apple extends Search Ads support to 46 more countries
- Ahrefs, SEO toolset provider, to build their own search engine to compete with Google
- 7 easy ways to multiply your conversions
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- How to add Images to a table in Google Data Studio, Michael Howe-Ely
- How to Use Google Analytics Ecommerce Reports: Standard vs. Enhanced, Social Media Examiner
- Make Your Personas More Powerful by Leveraging Audience Reports in Google Analytics -The Blend, A West Monroe Partners Blog
- Why Are Data Science and Analytics the Most In-Demand Skills at Ad Agencies?, eMarketer
Industry & Business
- Exclusive: Fearful of fake news blitz, U.S. Census enlists help of tech giants, Reuters
- Four tools to help drive your nonprofit's mission forward, Google Blog
- Google Is Reviewing Its China Search Project in Secret, The Intercept
- MozCon 2019: The Initial Agenda, Moz
- Sundar Pichai met with President Trump about Google’s government work, The Verge
Local & Maps
- Google Map glitches in Japan move school into ocean, Big Think
- TomTom's new GPS uses IFTTT to interact with your smart home, Engadget
Mobile & Voice
- Tune in to March Madness for free with your Google Assistant, Google Blog
- Return of the Glassholes? Relax: Huawei's 'smart specs' aren't Google Glass 2.0, The Register
SEO
- How to Get 100% Year-Over-Year Organic Traffic Growth with Lukasz Zelezny, Cognitive SEO
- March 2019 Core Update. How big is Big?, SISTRIX
- Fast Mobile: SEO Optimization Tech Talk, Search Metrics
- How to Check Your Site Speed: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Google User Experience Report, Distilled
- How to Design an SEO Quiz for Your Prospective SEO Manager, Moz
PPC
- Announcing v1_1 of the Google Ads API, Google Ads Developer Blog
- Apple expands App Store Search Ads to 46 more countries, Apple Insider
- The 2019 Advertising Week Europe big blog recap of awesomeness, Bing Ads Blog
- What is the difference between a keyword and a keyphrase?, Yoast
- Custom Audiences: Target customers with your data, Bing Ads Blog
- Google Ads management: What it means and if it's right for you, Vertical Leap
Search Features
- Working with the USO to help veterans find jobs, Google Blog
- Understanding the Hows and Whys of Google’s Visual Evolution, Stone Temple
