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: We Can't Release Featured Snippets Analytics Due To Internal Politics
Last month I reported that it looks like Google won't release a feature in Google Search Console's Search Analytics tool for featured snippet reporting. Well, it looks like I was right... - Google: No New Machine Learning Algorithms Coming To Search Soon
Sorry for covering so many things Gary Illyes of Google said at SMX Advanced... - Google: We Will Communicate About Major Search Algorithm Updates
One of the SEO industry's gripes with Google is that they rarely confirm search algorithmic updates. We cover most Google updates here and very few of them actually get confirmed... - Google: Buying Links Is Like Throwing Money Out The Window
Gary Illyes from Google said at SMX Advanced on stage that buying links from sites that sell guest blog posts and the like is the same thing as throwing money out of the window... - Google: Status Quo With Google's HTTPS Ranking Boost
So nothing has changes with the HTTPS ranking boost Google announced back in 2014. It still works the same way... - Google Reflective Mirror Ball
Here is an artsy photo from a Google office of a light fixture that looks like a mirror ball. Through the reflection, you can make out what the office looks like around it. This photo was posted on
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Don't use an example with makeup @methode. They don't do well with SEOs. He said overoptimization is like putting on too much makeup. #smx, Patrick Stox on Twitter
- Adsense Reporting not Updating, WebmasterWorld
- BWT Redirects to Bing Search, WebmasterWorld
- Firefox 54, Faster, Less Resources, WebmasterWorld
