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 AdWords Editor v10.6 & Older To Be Discontinued On June 30th, 2015
Google announced on Google+ that they are discontinuing support for the AdWords Editor version 10.6 or older. Google is encouraging all advertisers who use the AdWords Editor to upgrade to version 11.1 by June 30th, 2015... - Google: More Mobile Searches & YouTube Views Than Desktop In UK
In May, Google told us finally that there are more mobile vs desktop searches in the US and Japan, plus 8 other countries. But Google didn't say more. So we know mobile is overtaking desktop in many ways... - Google Reverses The Thumbtack Link Penalty, Rankings Return
Last week, we reported how Google Capital backed Thumbtack received a Google penalty for unnatural links. In short, they told their businesses to link to them with keyword rich anchor text in exchange for progress points to a completed profile. The penalty was reversed less than a week later. - Google Breadcrumbs Docs Updated But Don't Expect Hyperlinks To Return
Back in April, Google introduced breadcrumb URL markup for the search results. It would show a breadcrumb trail in the mobile and maybe desktop Google snippet instead of just your URL. This also was introduced with the Site Name markup. - Google's John Mueller: Domain Name Search Engine Registration Is A Scam
John Mueller of Google posted yesterday on Google+ that Domain name search engine registration is purely a scam. Most of you know this but to have someone from Google in the search team post about this is a good thing... - Google Pens: The Bus Pen & Four Colored Ink Pen
Ivan Yudhi from Google shared some of the Google pens from his collection. These two pens are unique in that they have lots of moving parts. The top one is one of those four colored ink pens that ha
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