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 Shutting Down Old AdWords Interface In 2018
Google announced that by the end of 2018 the old AdWords interface will no longer be available. - Squarespace Google Search Console Verification With One Click
Squarespace announced you can now verify your Squarespace site with Google Search Console with one click. I do not know anyone who uses Squarespace but I have read they have two million paying subscribers... - Google AdWords Bans Bail Bonds Services Ads
Google announced they are banning all bond bail services from using their ad platform... - Google Search Console Notices For Improve Discovery In The Google Assistant
Google sent a boatload of notifications to some of those who have verified properties in the Google Search Console that they can now improve the discovery of their content in the Google Assistant... - Google Dogfood Feedback Requests Showing To Non-Googlers
Google has this thing they call dogfooding where they test internally new features before they release it to non-Googlers, or the world. "These dogfood versions often have features unavailable to the public but may be less stable... - Aaron Dicks - 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. Aaron Dicks is only 27 years old but has been running his marketing company for over five years now... - The Google I/O 2018 Badges
Today kicks off the Google I/O event, where Googlers showcase to the world the new things they've been working on for the past year or so. There is always a lot of hype and excited around Google I/O
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Here's my latest article about migrating from ccTLDs to a gTLD. It's kinda long, because some amazing people helped me write it - Thanks to @msaezfern, @estevecastells, @Shelliweb, @Jammer_Volts, @AlexisKSanders and @tentakellady, Eoghan Henn on Twitter
- GDPR (05/25); you are not ready, don't worry you are not alone, WebmasterWorld
- People from Google are in BHW, BlackHatWorld
- That sounds like you're not updating content, but rather more similar to removing the old page (404), and making a new one at the same time (new URL).… https://t.co/4N2MFt9Irf, John Mueller on Twitter
- To better reflect our commitment to make AI available for everyone, we’re uni..., Google+ - Ian Lake