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 On GDPR Pop Ups Notices With Search & SEO
How would these GDPR notices impact SEO and your Google search rankings? Well, Google doesn't have any exception for the intrusive mobile interstitial penalty for GDPR requirements - Google: PDFs Are Not Mobile Friendly
Well, this is one of those no-brainer posts, but hey - I'll say it anyway, PDF documents are simply not mobile-friendly. They require you to pinch and zoom to really see the content and images in the PDF and thus, are not optimized for mobile devices... - New Google News Search Results User Interface?
Google News on mobile, the search results, maybe have launched a new user interface. This might be from the new version of Google News from a few weeks ago... - Is The Google Related Search Box Replacing Top Carousel?
I saw several tweets in the past 24-hours or so from people about a new Google search feature, well, not new, but maybe a new treatment, where the related searches show in a box, with icons, towards the bottom of the search results page... - Steve Morgan - 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. Steve Morgan 32 years old, lives in Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom with his wife Emma, who works in insurance and their two young boys... - Rosie The Riveter Android Figurine
Louis Gray, the king of Android figurine collectables, got his hands on a new figurine, this one is the Rosie the Riveter. Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- I think you're asking if the choice of image affects websearch ranking? No. However, unique images can show up in the image-search onebox, and in Image Search, either of which might be relevant depending on what you, John Mueller on Twitter
- Some new updates have hit Bing Ads Editor. Labels for Mac, bulk management for structured snippets and more. Get started today: https://t.co/Raswzu6Uqs… https://t.co/OO5LUv4j3W, Bing Ads on Twitter
- Spam Pharmaceutical Links To my Business Site, WebmasterWorld
- Akvile DeFazio, Founder of @AKvertise, took inspiration from her entrepreneurial parents to branch out on her own. Now she helps her clients find creative ways to build their business. https://t.co/7kmNNiPDzU… https://t.co/ATlSdFi, Bing Ads on Twitter
- Congrats to #BingAds own @ChristiJOlson and @purnavirji for being named two of the top 25 most influential #ppc experts, and @FrancesDR for being named one of the 5 rising stars. https://t.co/3fg38heiQw via @ppchero… https://t.co/e, Bing Ads on Twitter
- Does making your website HTTPS really improve rank?, WebmasterWorld
- How does Google rate syndicated article backlinks?, WebmasterWorld
- It would probably be a bit confusing for our systems for a while, until things settle down and we understand the new sites better. In general, splitting or merging sites does take a lot longer to be processed compar, John Mueller on Twitter
- We don't care how or if you track conversions -- they're just a tool to help you recognize when your work was worth it.… https://t.co/0tLawkxUpa, John Mueller on Twitter
