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: Google Algorithm Changes, Bing AMP & JSON-LD, Google & YouTube Spam & Matt Cutts
This week we have a lot to cover, first an algorithmic change in the Google search results over last weekend throughout this whole week. Bing announced a new AMP viewer coming this summer, they also announced JSON-LD support in Bing Webmaster Tools... - Google Clarifies Seven Points On Mobile-First Indexing After Much Confusion
Image credit to Shutterstock Let me start by saying all of these points, in my opinion, is something we've covered here before but the interesting thing is that Google felt these seven items are things SEOs who give presentations have confused over the past several months... - Google Updates Ad Settings: You Turn Off Personalized Ads
Google announced they have updated your ad settings page to enable you to turn off personalized ads and/or see and remove the information Google has on you around personalizing those ads... - Google Search Console Now Shows How Much Of Their Traffic Is Over Web Light
Yesterday, Google announced on Twitter that they added a new Google Search Console filter in the new beta performance report to filter out Web Light results... - YouTube Improves Likes Spam Filters To Block Paid Likes
I found this YouTube Help thread interesting because it talks about how they improved their spam filters around fake likes or dislikes. Specifically, starting yesterday, June 14, 2018... - Google Local Adds Good For Watching Sports Attribute
Image credit to Shutterstock Google announced yesterday both on Twitter and Google My Business Help forums that a new attribute is available in Google My Business... - Google: Still Feeling Lucky?
Here is a picture of a drawing or something at the Google Hamburg office of an Android figurine in a Noogler hat. But what it is written on it is "still feeling lucky." It is a play off the "I'm fee
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Happy to share how we @Google are accelerating progress on diversity and inclusion. Read the 2018 report on our commitments to improving transparency, workforce representation and our continued work to create a culture where e, Danielle Brown on Twitter
- Introducing the YouTube Studio Dashboard, YouTube Help
- Google To Disable Inline Installation of Extensions To Chrome, WebmasterWorld