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: Adding Videos To Your Pages Doesn't Help With Rankings
Gary Illyes from Google said on Twitter that simply adding a video to your web page or web pages won't help that page rank better. Gary wrote "having a video on your page will absolutely not help you rank better in web search... - Google: Agreeing With Us Doesn't Equal Good SEO; We're Often Wrong
A couple weeks ago, Gary Illyes from Google posted on Twitter saying "I'm often wrong." I let that one slide and decided not to cover it with a title saying "Google says they are often wrong," or something like that... - Google Search Console Search Analytics Not Getting Advanced Filters Soon
Dan Shure asked Google's John Mueller on Twitter if the Google might be adding to the Google Search Console's Search Analytics tool even more advanced filters. Specifically... - Google Job Search Portal Results Powered By Schema?
The other week, we spotted Google showing a job portal search results set in their web results. It was an experiment that Google would not confirm outside of saying they are always testing things... - Google Train Station Office Set Up
Here is a photo from Jo Dethlefs of the Google Hamburg office in Germany. You can see that they made this office hallway look like a train station, subway, metro feel. Jo wrote This is no @hvvde met
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @rustybrick @marktraphagen @Ronneh_ @aleyda @randfish @dr_pete @Suzzicks @stonetemple @wonderwall7 Sometimes I wish you did SEO though. You have, what, 15 years of experience?, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- AdSense Premium Publishers Have Different Set of Rules, WebmasterWorld
- Does Google Work?, WebmasterWorld
- U.S. Bricks and Mortar Stores Closing at Their Fastest Rate, WebmasterWorld
