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 Images Does Not Pick Up Images In Div Tags
Will Google pick up images you include in a div tag? The answer, at least from Google's John Mueller, is likely no - Google Image search will not pick up those images. John did... - Hreflang Attributes In Sitemaps & HTML Code Treated Equally By Google
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that they treat hreflang found in your XML Sitemaps file and HTML code markup equally. We know it is more efficient and manageable for larger sites to use Sitemaps for hreflang... - Google Adds Similar Hotels Carousel To Local Panel
Brad Brewer who follows Google's hotel search results really closely spotted Google now showing a "similar hotels" carousel in the local knowledge panel of a hotel result in Google Maps... - Google Ad Grants Agency Pilot Program Underway
Over the past few months or so, Google has been working with a dozen or so advertising agencies that focus most of their work with non-profit companies... - Google: Link Spam In Forum Comments Work Very Badly
Google's John Mueller wrote in a Reddit thread that link spam in forum comments work "very badly." He posted this based on after someone asked if Reddit comments are dofollow... - A Human Flag At Google Parking Lot
I am not sure who this is, but he is doing the human flag on a handicap parking sign at the GooglePlex, Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. I think someone should fine him $250 for pa
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Viewcount reporting metrics may be incorrect for June 4 and 5, YouTube Help
- Adblock Plus Now Blocks Social Media Tracking Buttons, WebmasterWorld
- Blue and grey globe icon test. cc:@rustybrick…, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- E.U. Court Rules Facebook and Fan Page Admin are Jointly Responsible for Data Protection, WebmasterWorld
- Google refusing to remove a review despite police report, Local Search Forum
- Our guideline is to treat Googlebot the same as you would treat the average other user from the same location as Googlebot is crawling from (which is traditionally the US). Eg, in that case, you could redirect Swiss, John Mueller on Twitter
