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:
- Yandex: Links To Return To Our Search Ranking Algorithm
In March of last year, Yandex - the largest search engine in Russia - decided to drop link signals in their search ranking algorithm for certain searches done in specific commercial verticals. Well, I guess it didn't 100% work... - Google My Business App Goes With Material Design For iOS & Android
Google quietly announced on Google+ that they've updated the Google My Business App yesterday. The biggest aspect of the new update is the new design has switched to Google's Material Design interface... - Google Speeds Up AdWords Conversion Tracking Tags With Code Snippets
Google announced yesterday afternoon on Google+ that they have a new code snippet that will make checking the status of AdWords conversion tracking tags is faster and clearer... - Google Mobile Testing Line Separator Between URL & Description
John E Lincoln posted on Twitter yet another Google mobile search user interface test. This one adds a line separator between the URL of the search result snippet and the description of the search result snippet... - Google's Knowledge Graph Puts The Statue of Liberty In The United States
Go ahead, as Google's all so mighty Knowledge Graph where exactly is The Statue of Liberty. You'd likely search for [where is the statue of liberty] and the answer you'd get is... - An Android Google Glass Penguin
You think you've seen it all but no, here is an Android toy figurine for the defunct Google Glass in the form of a Penguin with a skate board. Oh this touches on so many things at Google. The main t
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- An Interesting Revelation In Google's Memo To Employees, WebmasterWorld
- Yay!, Google+ - Gary Illyes
- @billhartzer I had another confused person. Would you mind updating https://t.co/UIcGsCEWRf at the top in red to indicate it's April Fools?, Matt Cutts on Twitter
- Google Webmaster Hangout Video and Discussion - 10 Apr 2015, WebmasterWorld
- Linking the unlinked page causes rank drop! Is this normal?, WebmasterWorld
- OK, I feel violated. :) Google is now providing an answer in the SERPs from my…, Google+ - Glenn Gabe
