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:
- Is There Still A Google PageSpeed Ranking Factor?
For years, Google has said there is a demotion for sites that are incredibly slow to load. Heck... - Google John Mueller Hints At New Mass Link Penalty? #ingress
Yesterday, Google's John Mueller posted something very abstract on Google+ saying, "Alright, who's playing with links again... - Funny: Automated Content Regeneration With Disclaimer For Google
Over the past few weeks, I've been seeing some sites post articles copied from other sites but place a disclaimer that they copied it. The disclaimers read: - Google AdSense Matched Content
Google announced a new AdSense feature to embed a widget on your pages that looks at the content relevancy of your web page and then shows relevant articles or pages from your web site in the widget box... - Google Launches Search Analytics In Webmaster Tools For Some Webmasters
Zineb Ait Bahajji from Google announced on Google+ that they have launched the new Search Analytics report within Google Webmaster Tools for a subset of webmasters using Google Webmaster Tools... - When Google Goes To The Beach, They Mark Their Spot
Richard Hay from Google snapped a picture while at the beach but for some reason, when Googlers go to the beach, they plant a flag or sign that Google owns this spot. You see the Google logo placed i
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- How long will the Google Maps loopholes continue?, localsearchforum.com
- "Has anyone ever seen a SERP like this?? Cc @rustybrick http://t.co/64vbxfFZPR", Joe Hall on Twitter
- Introducing Project Fi, a new way to connect and communicate across networks…, Google+ - Google
- Clever video: https://t.co/WedgoGKiGL @marcorubio answers the top Google questions people have about him., Matt Cutts on Twitter
- Google employee edits are now hidden from MM users, Google Maps Help
- Mobile update – Pages can still rank high if it has great content for the query, blackhatworld.com
- New to this Community? Introduce yourself., AdWords Community