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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Confirmed Fred, Never Denied An Update, Won't Use Machine Learning & More
This week in search, I covered how Google confirmed the Fred update and cited quality several times as the issue. Google also said they never denied an update to the algorithm. Google said machine learning wonât take over the search algorithm... - Google: Our Duplicate Detection & Clustering Is Stable
Paul Haahr, a lead search ranking engineer at Google, said on Twitter that there haven't been many changes to Google's algorithms around duplicate detection and clustering in the search results. He said "we make improvements to our code over time... - Google Search Snippets Showing "Tags"
I think I found something new myself that Google is testing or maybe have launched in the mobile search results snippets. A new line called "tags." I can't click on them but they show above the description/snippet block and below the title and breadcrumb URL... - Google Tests Breadcrumbs At Top Of Search Results Snippets
Yet another Google user interface test to add to our list. Google is testing placing the breadcrumb/URL at the top of the snippet... - Meet Gary Illyes Of Google In Boston Next Week
Gary Illyes, the Googler we cite here way too often, is going to be in Boston part of next week. He posted on Twitter that he is open to chatting with folks about "internet things" over coffee, lunch and/or dinner. So if you are in town... - The Google Nooooooodle Cafe
Google's Hong Kong office has a cafe named "Nooooooodle" - I assume they serve noodles and accessories. This is in the Hong Kong office and the Nooooooodle logo is Googley as you can see. This was
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @AussieWebmaster @methode Not sure what you mean, can you elaborate? Bad certificate? Mixed content?, John Mueller on Twitter
- E-commerce listing in featured snippet. Saw this for the first time here in India. Did you ever see this in the US? @rustybrick @glenngabe https://t.co/D9vK44ZlNR, Tejas Thakkar on Twitter
- This is Not a Test: Google Optimize Now Free for Everyone "Today we're very ..., Google+ - Louis Gray
- Twitter Makes Replies 140 Characters by @usernames No Longer Counting, WebmasterWorld
- @AffHsgOnline Fluctuations can always happen in search., John Mueller on Twitter
- @i_praveensharma Mostly a speed disadvantage, seems like an easy win :). Keep pushing., John Mueller on Twitter
