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 Webspam Report: Google Manually Penalized 500 Sites Per Hour In 2015
Yesterday, Google shared on the webmaster blog their 2015 webspam repot. They said they served up 4.3 million manual actions in 2015 and as @TheRealpmac calculated, that comes out to about 500 manual actions or Google manual penalties an hour... - Confirmed: Google Is Testing A New Mobile Friendly Test
Yesterday we reported that Google is testing a new mobile friendly testing tool and migrating /webmasters to /search-console. Well... - New Google Test: AdWords Ads Can Result In 15 Point Drop In Organic Click Through Rates
There haven't been any big studies on the impact of PPC, AdWords ads... - Mother Of Autistic Child To Google: Google Gifted My Child
I spend a lot of time here complaining about Google, the search results, their penalties, their issues and so forth. But Google does a ton of good. Can you imagine living without search... - Google Teacher's Day Doodle With Animated Pencils As Teacher & Students
On the Google.com home page in the United States you will see an animated Google logo, Doodle, with a large pencil and five smaller pencils walking and learning. The Doodle is to represent Teacher's Day in the US, today is National Teacher Appreciation Day... - Actor: Karl Urban In Star Trek Signs: I'm A Doctor, Not An SEO
Ian McAnerin shared a photo on Facebook of him getting a signature from Karl Urban, the actor who played Dr Leonard McCoy in the Star Trek Reboots movie. He had him sign, "I'm A Doctor, Not An SEO."
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Bridges in New York City missing streetview data (and other problems), Google Maps Help
- Googler Spotlight: Tom Wong, The Google Advertiser Community
- Searchincognito.com, WebmasterWorld
- [Trends & Insights] YouTube Challenges TV on Adver..., The Google Advertiser Community
