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: No Plans To Boost HTTPS Ranking Factor
As you know, back in 2014, Google released the HTTPS ranking boost to give a little ranking boost to URLs that went HTTPS. Well... - Google Tests Dropping AMP Logo From Search Results
When Google took AMP live in their search results, they were accompanied by the AMP logo in the search results snippets. First that logo was a green color and... - Google Personalized Search: Ages, No & Previous Searches, Yes
I've been very interested in personalized search and Google for some time now. It use to be talked about way more in the past but these days, you barely hear anything about it... - PSA: Don't Ask Google If A Specific Spam Technique Is Allowed
Over the years I've seen many examples of really dumb moves made by SEOs. Some SEOs asked Google for advice while spamming Google, some email Google about buying links, some put all their spammy accounts in one search console account - but the list goes on and on... - Google "View Rates" Call To Action Overlay For Hotel Listings Search Results
Sergey Alakov shared a couple of Google tests over the weekend... - A Rusty Android Helmet At Google Office
Here is a random photo I spotted on Instagram of a rusty Android helmet at the Google office. The photo was taken at the GooglePlex by @sebshergill who wrote "rusty droid" in the comments of the phot
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @MattNavarra @sengineland @rustybrick @dannysullivan Ya, not a fan the first time i saw it... haven't seen it in a while tho https://t.co/5MoWbClhVT, Jeff Needles on Twitter
- @TechToni @methode So *you're* the one who goes to page 18? What are you trying to find there?, John Mueller on Twitter
- More than half of Google searches are from mobile devices. Get your website a..., Google+ - Google Ads
- Robots.txt meant for search engines don’t work well for web archives | Internet Archive Blogs https://t.co/Oak0Y2IwlK, Gary Illyes on Twitter
