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 Doesn't Forget, They Have Lots Of Storage
Google's John Mueller responded on Twitter about if Google forgets about links over time, in which he responded "we have a lot of storage." That, to me... - Google AdSense Now Allows 300x250 Mobile Ads Above The Fold
Just the other day, I wrote about how the organic and paid Google policies often do not align, making the company look hypocritical and two-faced... - Ashley Madison Now Ranking Again In Google
About a month ago, we reported that Ashley Madison may have been penalized by Google in search. We showed how their rankings and traffic plummeted for months... - Google Tests 3 Ads In The Local Pack With A Carousel Interface
August 2016, Google introduced ads in the local pack. That was one single ad at the top of the local results when you do a search that has local intent... - Google Test Local Reviews By Traveler Type
This may be one of the largest Google local reviews tests I've seen from Google in a long long time. Of course, this was spotted by Sergey Alakov and not just posted on Twitter but also on his blog, which is rare for Sergey... - Google Tree House?
I spotted this photo on Instagram and it is tagged as #googleoffice but it is not 100% clear if this tree house is at a Google office or not. Does Google have a tree house office space? It does seem
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- About.com Re-brands to Become Dotdash, WebmasterWorld
- Facebook Testing "Rewards" QR Codes for Offline Purchases, WebmasterWorld
- @meethejack @Google @googlewmc "Partial" means Googlebot couldn't fetch all of the embedded content, the rest of the page can still get indexed fine., John Mueller on Twitter
- @meethejack @Google @googlewmc One mistake I sometimes see is folks submitting their own site for removal in Search Console., John Mueller on Twitter
- @mintu_dm @neilpatel @googlewmc If it's a natural link that's not paid & which you're not placing yourself, then it's a natural link, right?, John Mueller on Twitter
- @sivagopi_seo @methode @rustybrick Are you asking if breaking the webmaster guidelines means you've broken the webmaster guidelines? -_-, John Mueller on Twitter
- Has anyone moved back to http from https?, WebmasterWorld
