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: RSS Feeds Don't Help Your Site Rank Better
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that RSS feeds do not help your web site rank better in Google or Google News. He technically said "no" to the question for a "a news website... - Alexander Nix Google Knowledge Panel Shows Photo Of Donald Trump
All day yesterday, if you went to Google and searched for [alexander nix] the current, but suspended, CEO of Cambridge Analytica, a photo of Donald Trump would show up as his photo in his knowledge panel. This was all day yesterday... - Google Checks Links On Desktop Vs Mobile Before Switching To Mobile First Indexing
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter yesterday that before Google moves a site from desktop-first indexing to mobile-first indexing, they do look to see the links on... - Google Shows Save Button On Local Panel On Desktop
Last August, Google began displaying a save button on local panels on mobile search results. Now, some are seeing the save button on the desktop version of the local panels as well. Personally... - Christian Rudolf - 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. Christian Rudolf is 45 years old lives in Stockholm, Sweden and has been in the SEO game since 2005... - Google Groundbreaking In Bridgeport, Alabama With Google Shovels
Here is a photo I spotted on Twitter of a bunch of folks doing a groundbreaking in Bridgeport, Alabama with a Google sign behind them, with Google colored shovels and hard hats with propellers on top
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Facebook Launches Data Abuse Bounty, WebmasterWorld
- Google seems to be rolling out "About" tab to local knowledge panels - https://t.co/6NzAa4GYA8 cc:@rustybrick @mblumenthal… https://t.co/v0CgdA6Pla, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- httparchive says over 45% of sites have a meta keywords (my query is probably missing some because I'm just doing a regex to try to find the length; >20% are 100+ characters).… https://t.co/K7cgQp935n, John Mueller on Twitter
- I'll pass this on.…, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- YouTube Videos Defaced By Hackers, WebmasterWorld
- Stripe Ends Bitcoin Support and Will Stop Processing on April 23, 2018, WebmasterWorld
- When creating AdSense policies, we try to strike a balance between the needs ..., Google+ - AdSense
- Will the USA adopt EU GDPR-like laws?, WebmasterWorld
