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 March 28th Algorithm Ranking Update?
There may have been another update late March 27th, mostly on March 28th and through today, with the Google search rankings. I am seeing an uptick in chatter from the SEO community... - Google Air Quality & Pollution Widget Smells Off?
As I covered at Search Engine Land yesterday, Google launched a new one-box answer for queries related to [air quality] or [air pollution] - you can of course Google city variations... - Google Has No Reset Button For A Penalized Site
John Mueller of Google answered another question on Reddit around a site that has a legacy Google spam penalty and the site simply won't recover, even after a lot of effort... - Google Search Needs A/B Testing Guidelines
For years we've been covering questions around how to deal with A/B testing and Google indexing/crawling... - Google Shows Summaries Of Top Stories In Search
Google is showing, for some trending stories, a summary box of the story above the top stories carousel or top stories list. This was shared to me twice in the past week but I thought this was not new. Honestly... - Bartosz Góralewicz - 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. Bartosz Góralewicz is 32 years old and was born and raised in WrocÅ'aw, Poland... - Bella Thorne & Patrick Shriver Schwarzenegger At Google
Actress and actor Bella Thorne and Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger, yes the son of Arnold, visited Google this week for a tour. They were there to talk about their movie Midnight Sun with Googl
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Home devices can now pair with other Bluetooth speakers! Turn up the tunes, binge on podcasts and more, all using the sound of your voice → https://t.co/QSh5ymj3Kg… https://t.co/oi8MdVzJIg, Google on Twitter
- The AMA was a blast, now it's time to take a break. Hope y'all find the answers interesting & useful! https://t.co/NOn1xHwh0d… https://t.co/CAF5j7hDhb, John Mueller on Twitter
- 2 different "dropped full logo" Google UI tests - hamburger menu below & above the search bar. @rustybrick reported on one of them earlier this month at https://t.co/PCFaUUQ2RD… https://t.co/c5Oy01n58d, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- Can science fiction ideas be used as prior art in patent cases? This week's ..., Google+ - Dan Russell
- Have you visited the Ad Experience Report yet? The Ad Experience Report list..., Google+ - AdSense
- I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been sending good thoughts and support my way. I won't be able to say "thank you" to every person, but the good wishes have meant so much to me during a difficult time. Thank you., Matt Cutts on Twitter
- In 2006, we set up our first office in Taiwan with just one employee, and now..., Google+ - Life at Google
- incorrect YouTube Thumbnail - not updating, YouTube Help
- The number shown there is not the daily occurrences, but rather the aggregated total based on unique URLs tried (the table shows the dates for each URL). Still 4k or 17k is a lot of server errors for most sites ..., John Mueller on Twitter
