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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Meta Descriptions, News Publishers, Algorithm SEO Impacts & Yoast Plugin
This week, I covered the big monthly Google webmaster report. Also, Google told us the meta descriptions HTML improvements section in Google Search Console will go away... - Google: Using HTML5 Properly Has No SEO Downside
We've been talking about how Google deals with HTML5 in terms of SEO and ranking since 2010. While there can be issues with some elements, for the most part, HTML5 is fine for Google... - Google Maps Timeline Data Disappears
There is this feature in Google Maps called Google Maps Timeline, which we covered before here, that lets you keep track of where you've been... - Google Posts For Products Has Its Own Tab
Yesterday we covered how Google Posts now supports products and offers, a way to highlight more items when people search for your company on Google. Well, if you post a product Google Post... - Google: Changing Word Order In Title Tags Shouldn't Impact SEO
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter this morning that he doesn't believe that changing the word order of your title tags would impact your SEO and ranking. "If you're swapping the order of keywords in a title, I wouldn't expect that to have an effect on ranking," he said... - Going Down The Google Slide
Here is a Googler taking a photo just before she goes down the Google slide, well, one of the many Google slides. I didn't think Googlers really used this form of transportation at the GooglePlex but
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Technically it's possible, but we usually recommend not using a separate domain since it can get confusing to users when they see the domain name in the AMP viewers.… https://t.co/qgUkVLlifP, John Mueller on Twitter
- Facebook has made private posts of some 14M users publicly visible, WebmasterWorld
- Google publisher toolbar retirements for DFP and Exchange https://t.co/7slxzCDQi1…, Venkat on Twitter
- I'm going to be in Hyderabad (IN) next month! If you want to meet me and ask questions, come to the Sahib Sindh Sultan on 12th of July at 7pm!… https://t.co/JOpEabUrs0, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- No, if there's no clear href attribute within the element, we won't use that as a link.…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Today we’re sharing our AI principles and practices. How AI is developed and used will have a significant impact on society for many years to come. We feel a deep responsibility to get this right. https://t.co/TCatoYHN2m, Sundar Pichai on Twitter
