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: There's A Difference Between Links From Spammy Sites & Unnatural Links
Did you know getting links from spammy sites is different from getting unnatural links... - See Spikes in 404 Errors In Google Search Console? It's Normal.
Ever see a spike in the 404 errors reported in Google Search Console's crawl error report? Espesially from URLs that have been 404ed for ages... - Google Search Console API & Web Total Numbers
Yesterday we reported that the data that comes out of the web interface and API for Search Analytics within the Google Search Console are the same for the most part... - Google AdWords Has Removed The CPC Bid Cap On Enhanced CPC
Google AdWords has quietly made a change to how they handle ECPC, also known as enhanced CPC. Previous... - Google AdSense Ad Balance Feature Will Collapse Unfilled Ad Units
In the beginning of this year, Google AdSense announced a new feature named Ad Balance that lets you controls help you reduce the number of ads you show to users, specifically the ads that earn you the least revenue... - Google Has A Custom Tower Viewer
You know those tower viewers you can pop a quarter into at the top of a mountain or high rise building, like the Empire State building in New York? Well, Google has their very own at their Google Braz
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @BermanHale Also, HTTP/2 isn't *bad* for your SEO, it's just not a free bonus. Kinda like having a functional checkout page., John Mueller on Twitter
- FYI if you're taking your site (or parts) down for maintenance, don't forget the 503 HTTP result code. Thanks! https://t.co/SVviCCdGEU, John Mueller on Twitter
- What Makes Someone An Official SEO?, Cre8asite Forums
- @bryantc3 Looks like those pages will take any query from the URL and turn it into a page. Bad code, not necessarily SEO. https://t.co/V5yF21ODFk, John Mueller on Twitter
- AdWords Express lets you spend less time on advertising and more time with cu..., Google+ - Google Business
- GMB is slowly eating us?, Local Search Forum
- Idea: a web app that tests for all characteristics of a PWA as defined in the Great PWA Checklist at https://t.co/bB78uCa9k5, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- If you want ad units that adapt to your site and your readers' interests, con..., Google+ - AdSense
- SEO regarding product descriptions, WebmasterWorld
