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: Sell Links To Google, hreflang, Google Maps & The SEO Movie
This week in search I quickly go through the monthly Google webmaster report. I then discuss how someone sent a Googler an email about selling links to them. But Google tells us they ignore links from all types of sites and only penalizes the worst of them... - Google: We Can Ignore Links On Any Site Including Forbes & Entrepreneur
Yesterday we covered how a link seller was trying to sell links to a Googler and we posted some advice around that not being the best idea. Well... - Google Expands Reach Of Featured Snippets In European Regions
The folks at RankRanger posted on Twitter that their Google features tracking tool noticed massive increases in the chances a featured snippet will show up at the top of the Google search results in many European regions... - Google Posts Now Within Google My Business
Maulik Panchal shared a screen shot on Twitter of the Google Posts feature, which enables businesses, organizations and personalities to share information in more real time within the knowledge panel in Google search... - Google Local Panel Tests Three Tabs: Overview, Rates & Reviews
Just a couple days ago, Google rolled out the two tab local panel interface where you would be able to toggle between the business's overview and reviews right in the search results. Now... Google is testing showing three tabs for hotel listings... - Hypnotic Google Cubes
Here is a photo of what appears to be cubicles set up at the Google London office. The photo was taken by Emma Nuttall and posted on Instagram. Emma wrote Taking some time out in the Google
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- An update to this week's Challenge... it's somewhat more interesting (and gen..., Google+ - Dan Russell
- Google testing expanded Knowledge Panel for SNAP info (query was "food stamp application", but not seeing it live) -- https://t.co/azAM2Oh6WN, Dr. Pete Meyers on Twitter
- Google is testing showing 7 (!!!) hotel listings in local carousel! https://t.co/1uVp91TwVC cc:@mblumenthal @rustybrick @jenstar https://t.co/ybFqnToNTZ, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
