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 :: May 1, 2015
This week in search was pretty busy. First, we learn the mobile friendly Google algorithm has fully rolled out but based on our polls... - Official: Google Mobile Friendly Algorithm Fully Rolled Out But...
A lot of people are wondering if the Google Mobile Friendly Algorithm is fully rolled out yet, the answer to that is yes. Google's mobile friendly algorithm is fully rolled out according to Gary Illyes of Google. Gary responded to my question if it was fully rolled out on Twitter this morning saying "the algo is rolled out." - Small Google Update? Some Reports But Not Strong Enough.
I have been hearing some confident messages from the webmaster community that there was a Google update (some saying Panda) over the past 24 hours. The issue is, I am not seeing strong enough support for these messages... - Google May Strip Down Your Web Page On Slower Connections
Google announced they are testing reworking your web pages to load faster on slow mobile connections in a field test in Indonesia... - Google Now Custom Voice Action Now Live
In November, Google announced custom voice actions for Google Now, which means you can integrate your app content directly into Google Now. So if you want, you can enable Google's "Okay Google" voice action with your apps voice actions to trigger it to work with your app... - Did Google News Adjust Their Search Ranking Algorithm?
Over the past week or so, I've been seeing random complaints in the Google News Help forum, I linked to one, but there are others... - Original Urchin Crew Reunites At Google 10 Years After Google's Acquisition
About 10 years ago, my favorite web analytics company, Urchin, was acquired by Google. I was blown away by the news because I lived by the tool and I've grown to love the team behind Urchin. This pas
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- How Much is a Tweet Worth? Valuing Digital Influencers, WebmasterWorld
- Crawl stats time measures, Google Webmaster Help
- Local Search Consultants - Think With Google, localsearchforum.com
