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:
- Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 15, 2016
This week in search, we reported about the Google zombie traffic phenomenon again and how it is spiking up. Google issued mass unnatural outbound link penalties this past weekend... - Google: You Can Be Negatively Impacted By One Algorithm & Positively Impacted By Another
So let's say your site was hit by Google Penguin 3.0 almost 18 months ago and you feel you are doomed. John Mueller of Google said yes, while Penguin may have hurt you badly... - Google: Footer Content Is Not Penalized But Not Seen As Primary Content
We've covered footer and boilerplate content a lot here but Google's John Mueller brought it up again when answering a question in a Google Hangout this morning on Google+... - Google: When Penguin Begins Rolling Out, We Will Post An Announcement
All this chatter about when Google will launch Penguin, will we know? Who will tell us... - Google Local Pack Gets Search Filters For Map Results
It seems Google is now showing, at least I think it is new, search filters in the local pack you see when searching for local queries that might have more than one match... - Google Search Console API Gets Some Enhancements
Google's John Mueller announced on Google+ that they made a few updates to the Google Search Console API. The updates include more data through pagination... - Google NYC Views
Mike Brzozowski was at the Google New York City office this week and snapped a picture of his work desk and view. He said "now this is a workspace." Indeed. Google's NY office is massive and some o
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @rustybrick @serptests @seroundtable also this https://t.co/2fjPgkVYjd, Chris Dunn on Twitter
- Google seems to value my opinion today. https://t.co/tLZfNHoJMY, Chris Dunn on Twitter
- New Sources for Easy Local Links, Citations & Cross Promotion, localsearchforum.com
- Chrome 50 (stable) Released for Windows, Mac and Linux., WebmasterWorld
- No Matter What We Do Our Site Can Never Recover - How About You?, WebmasterWorld
