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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Mobile First Index Release, Search Quality Raters Hours & SEO & Paid Ads
This week in search, I posted the big monthly Google webmaster report. I covered how Google said they may decide to release the mobile first... - Google May Release Mobile First Index Slowly In Batches
Google's John Mueller said this week in a Google Hangout at the 25:05 mark into the video that Google may decide to release the mobile first index in batches. As you know... - Google: Crossing Two Affiliate Feeds Into Your Content Doesn't Add Value
I've seen this a lot, where websites will try to add value to their site in tons of industries, be it retail, real estate, medical and so on by taking two or more affiliate data feeds, mixing them together to add different sources of information on the same topic... - Google Fixes Website Index Bug Based On Forum Thread
On April 23rd, a webmaster went to the Google Webmaster Help forums because his site's home page was not being fully indexed and kept on dropping out of the index. The question really baffled a lot of SEOs... - Google's Gary Illyes Says Here Are Six Excellent & Helpful SEOs
You rarely see Google or Googlers that speak on Google's behalf recommend a specific SEO or SEO company. They give general and abstract guidance on how to hire an SEO but to say... - Caught In The Google Net
Willow Hong posted a picture on Instagram of her stuck in the Google net at the Pittsburgh office. It seems like she is not yet a Googler but possibly went there for a job interview. Maybe her being
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Facebook Q1 2017 Revenue up 49pct to $8.03 Billion, WebmasterWorld
- New Forum Category, Google Maps Help
- 4 tips for mobile ad optimization from our new guide: https://goo.gl/fH4aJA, Google+ - Google Ads
- @bhartzer @JohnMu And THAT'S why you don't let Gary do the copy-editing, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- A nice write-up of how the Google Streetview team uses deep learning to extra..., Google+ - Jeff Dean
- I feel like 20 years from now, people will still sometimes send me Matt Cutts + SEO photoshops. https://t.co/yhv8NhDs1w, Matt Cutts on Twitter