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 17, 2015
In this weeks video, I speak for some time about the conflicting reports from Google around Penguin and Panda and if Google intentionally misleads us or if there is a valid reason for it. Yandex is going back - Google Search Country Filter Bug
A searcher reported a bug that Google confirmed in the Google Web Search Help forums saying that the country filter search tool doesn't work right. If you search within a country specific Google property, such as at google.co... - Uninstalled Android Apps Now Benefit In Google's Mobile Search Results
As you know, Google launched the first part of their mobile friendly algorithm in February, which meant Android searchers would see Android apps they installed come up in the mobile search results higher for content within the app that matched their query... - Google Tests "People Also Ask" Box In Search Results
Dan Barker posted a screen shot on Twitter of an interesting new search feature within the Google search results named "People also ask... - Google Officially Drops URLs In Mobile Search Results For Site Name & Breadcrumbs
Google announced last night that the mobile search results are no longer going to display the site's URL in the search snippet... - Yahoo Renews Microsoft Deal Reducing Yahoo's Dependence On Bing Ads
Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer, announced on Tumblr that they have renewed and extended their deal with Microsoft on their search front. In short, Bing will still power much of Yahoo Search but Yahoo does gain more control... - Israeli Webmasters: Google Wants To Interview You For Improvements To Webmaster Tools
Gary Illyes from Google posted on Google+ that their next round of webmaster interviews will take place in Israel. This is similar to what they announced in October 2014 about watching SEOs as they work but that was based in North Africa and Europe... - Write On The Facebook Wall In London
Google's Jason Mayes was at Facebook London this week and snapped a picture of a glass wall at the Facebook London office where you can write directly on it. It reads "The Facebook Wall Write Somethin
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- #tbt to the 2nd presentation in our 'Basics of a mobile website for SMBs'…, Google+ - Google Webmasters
- Google Study: "Near Me" Searches have nearly doubled in last year., localsearchforum.com
- Here's how controlled marketing experiments can help improve campaign success,…, Google+ - Google Ads
- My favorite SEO Player card is @JohnMu at http://t.co/OObS3RgJ0z http://t.co/nUzscocgpB, Barry Schwartz on Twitter
- Avg. Session Duration graph error, AdWords Community
- comScore: Bing Breaks Through 20pct US Search Share, March 2015, WebmasterWorld
- Thank you Top Contributors, AdWords Community
