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: We Ignore & Drop Special Characters From Title Tags
Over the years, SEOs and webmasters have tried to drive more attention to their listings in the search results by placing special characters in their title tags, URLs or meta descriptions... - Webmasters Upset Over Google Featured Snippet Sourcing Different Images
few weeks ago, Google began upping how many images they show in the featured snippets box and we saw more feature snippets... - Google AdWords Similar Audiences For Search & Shopping Ads Live
Google announced they are now rolling out to all advertisers the similar audiences features to search and shopping ads... - Google: Validation Pretty Much Doesn't Matter For Ranking
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that HTML validation "pretty much doesn't matter" for ranking in Google. This not new news, in fact... - Buy A Domain With A Google Penalty Manual Action? Give It Up.
Everyone knows that you should check the history of a domain name before you buy it. But what if you did, you looked at the domain name history, the wayback machine, and other metrics but didn't have access to the Google Search Console messages... - Yoga Googlers Poster
From what I hear, there are many types of Yoga classes at Google. Many Googlers are into Yoga, which is a good thing, I'd guess. The Google Hamburg office is so into yoga that they have posters that
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google is testing "related searches" in the middle of the page cc:@rustybrick @jenstar https://t.co/S233Q2bR2E, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- Twitter Teams up With Bloomberg for 24-Hour Streaming Video News, WebmasterWorld
- @bryancasson @methode The web is pretty dynamic; we make changes, the web makes changes, sometimes that results in visible changes too., John Mueller on Twitter
- Angie’s List, Home Advisor & Strategic Alternatives, Local Search Forum
- May 2017 AdSense Earnings & Observations, WebmasterWorld
