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 Local Search Results Update; Massive Ranking Changes
The local SEOs are buzzing big time right now. It seems like over the past few days, Google has done a major algorithmic change that has shifted how the local results rank in both Google Maps and the local packs in web search. - Google Has Replaced Matt Cutts As Head Of Web Spam
Danny Sullivan posted that Google's Matt Cutts, the face behind Google's search team, the head of web spam, has officially been replaced at Google with an unnamed Googler. The new head of web spam is not revealing himself... - Check Out The Google Penalty Server
In the responsive design hangout, Google's John Mueller was sharing his browser and one of his most recent tabs in the Chrome browser has the title tag "Penalty Server." You can see a screen shot of it below... - Bing Building Massive Index For App Indexing Content
I covered this news at Search Engine Land last week, but now it is making its way to the SEO community. Bing is beginning to build their index of native app content for iOS, Android and even their own Windows 10 apps... - Google Sally Ride Logo: The First Woman American Astronaut In Space
Today would be the 64th birthday of Sally Ride, the first American female Astronaut who was in space. She was born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California and joined NASA in 1978 and was the first American woman in space in 1983... - YouTube Cupcakes
Marvin Chow shared pictures of the cupcakes Google had for the 10th birthday of YouTube, which was a month or so ago. He posted this on Google+ and said "Have a tasty 10 year birthday YouTube." They
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Maps for mobile, version 9.9, Google
- Time to share your feedback! Our semi-annual survey will be emailed to a…, Google+ - AdSense
- When does google penalizes sites with THIN content., blackhatworld.com
- Google Image Hijacking: images hijacked and redirected, WebmasterWorld
- “It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Sergey’s and Larry’s paper…, Google+ - Research at Google
- Deciphering Query Intent: Google's Answer Boxes Continue to Expand Here's a…, Google+ - Brian Jensen
- Google AdWords Hijacking - Suspension and Reinstatement, AdWords Community
- Specify a campaign-level CPC bid limit Adwords..., AdWords Community
- Top Contributor program at Google I/O Extended Mexico We are presenting the…, Google+ - Top Contributors
