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:
- May 2018 Google Webmaster Report
The past 30-days in Google webmaster land was incredibly busy. The most important things were around a broad core algorithm update that continued on for over ten days or so and we still see some fluctuations today... - Google: Don't Change URLs When Replacing Old Content With New Content
So let's say you decided to update the content on a page on your web site, the content is super out dated and needs a major revamp. When you update the content, it doesn't mean you need to put that new content on a new URL, you can just update the content on the existing URL... - Google: Do Not Use 403 Status Codes, Use 404s
Google says it is best not to use a 403 server status code and if you are... - Google AdWords Responsive Search Ads Beta?
Google AdWords responsive search ads is not new, there is an old help document on it and it launched back in 2016 but there may be a new beta version of it coming out now or... - Purna Virji - The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here. Purna Virji is a name you probably all know already - she is literally at ever digital marketing conference... - First 360 VR Google Video Doodle: Georges Melies The Illusionist
Today, for the first time ever, Google has produced a Google Doodle that plays a 360 degree VR movie and it was done for the French illusionist and film director Georges Méliès... - Google Building Blocks Man In The Sand
So two interesting things here, Google has branded building block toys and also, this Googlers is at the beach playing with them. The photo is also tagged at being at the GooglePlex in Mountain View,
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- New Knowledge Panel layout? KW "NFL draft 2018" - never saw this before. - Seperate box above ppl also search for w. diff format at the panel's header. Other "big" events don't have this... even one of the same exact nature (, Mordy Oberstein on Twitter
- Cambridge Analytica to Close, WebmasterWorld
- Google Maps new product structure and pricing, WebmasterWorld
- Google Rolling out Pay on the Web to Desktop and iOS, WebmasterWorld
- Investing in startups and the future of the Google Assistant Head over to th..., Google+ - Google Developers
- Parasite SEO in 2018 does it still works?, BlackHatWorld