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: The Mobile Friendly Ranking Algorithm Still On For Tomorrow, April 21st
Google confirmed this morning that the mobile friendly algorithm that was scheduled to be released tomorrow is still on schedule to go live tomorrow. The roll out, as we discussed, can take weeks to fully rollout... - OK Google Detection Not Working For Many Searchers
There are dozens and dozens of complaints from searchers in the Google Web Search Forums that the OKAY Google detection feature has stopped working... - How Quickly Will Google Notice My Site Is Mobile Friendly?
A common question I see is once I go through the effort of making my site mobile friendly for Google's mobile friendly algorithm... - Click Through Rates (CTR) Surge For Some Google AdSense Publishers
Many Google AdSense publishers are reporting unusually high click-through rates (CTR) on their ads over the weekend. Alex Chris posted on Twitter, that "many AdSense publishers report HUGE increase in CTR the last 2 days... - Google Mobile Friendly Label Not Showing On New Stories Immediately?
You have a mobile friendly web site according to Google, you pass all the tests, but your new content isn't showing the mobile-friendly label until much later after you post the news story - why... - Game Of Thrones Flags At Google's Office
Richard Hay from Google shared a picture of some of the Google cubicles at the GooglePlex that shows one proud fan of the show, Game of Thrones. So proud, this fan is waving the Targaryen flag, mothe
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- april 20th mobile update - Does it affect backlinks?, blackhatworld.com
- Canonical Code Not Showing in Webmaster Tools, WebmasterWorld
- Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg's Internet.org Project Under Fire, WebmasterWorld
- Is setting the crawl-delay rate to 5 seconds can help or hurt SEO?, WebmasterWorld
