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 Doesn't Decode MD5 Hash URLs For Keywords
I love seeing Google SEO related questions I've never seen before and this one, I never saw before. Does Google decode md5 hash values in URLs to extract hidden keywords within them for image search or web search. The answer is no but I am sure that is obvious to most of you... - New Bing AMP Viewer & JSON-LD In Bing Webmaster Tools
As I reported at Search Engine Land - Bing announced at SMX Advanced two big things. First, Bing AMP Viewer is coming this summer to the mobile search results. Second... - Local SEO Agencies Not Happy With New Google Agency Dashboard
Last week, Google launched the new Google My Business Agency Dashboard which promised to offer local SEO agencies a way to "manage multiple listings faster, simpler and more intuitively." But no, from what I hear, it is super buggy and not ready for prime time yet... - Google AdWords New Shopping Features
Yesterday at SMX Advanced Google announced new shopping features. One was actually one we covered on Monday that was not yet announced yet local panel what's in store results... - Update: Google Search Console Crawl Stats Back
About a week ago, we told you about a bug with Google Search Console where the crawl stats were delayed a bit. Well, it is now 3 weeks, 21 days, since the crawl stats has been updated. Update: 10 minutes after I posted this... - Matt Cutts Surprises SMX
Towards the end of the Google keynote, Michelle Robbins while on stage announces a special friend of the SEO industry is here to say hi. I was thinking it was either Matt Cutts or Danny Sullivan, and
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- This particular search is pretty weird. But hadn't realized dictionary was trigger for things like site: -- I'll pass this on.… https://t.co/NXZqfDKkKp, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- Yahoo is fined $330k for 2014 data breach, WebmasterWorld
- Eugénie Brazier's 123rd birthday Today's #GoogleDoodle celebrates Eugénie Bra..., Google+ - Google UK