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 Search Analytics Adds Compare Queries Option
The Google Search Analytics feature in the Google Search Console has added a new feature that let's you compare two different queries. You can access this by going to the Google Search Console... - It's Official: Google AdWords Labels Are Going Green
We've been reporting about the green AdWords ad label for months now and also reported yesterday about a huge increase in the number of searchers seeing the green ad label... - Google Crawl Rate May Change With CDNs Because GoogleBot Needs To Learn
The other day we reported that Google is seeking information from those who switched to CDNs and saw GoogleBot crawl rates change. Google's Gary Illyes said then "if you switch to a cdn and your crawl rate drops... - Bug: Google Image Search Opens Images In New Window For Many
There seems to be this ongoing issue with Google Image search since February for a wide number of searchers. The issue is, when you go to Google Image search, search and click on an image, instead of it showing you the preview within the screen... - Google Field Operations Workers May Visit & Scan Your Premises
Grace from Google posted an interesting thread in the Google Maps Help forums about how to opt out of the Google's in-field operators scans... - Google's Beatmania IIDX
Did you know the Google Tokyo office has Beatmania IIDX game in the game room there? @fisheriidx shared a photo of Googlers there using the IIDX. An IIDX is a series of rhythm video games, that was
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Cheesy "pay for review" outreach on behalf of Moz Local, localsearchforum.com
- Join us! I lead a team at Google focused on the Privacy and Security of…, Google+ - Lea Kissner
- Searching for archival content poses all kinds of problems, including the shift…, Google+ - Dan Russell
- YouTube Video Director Lets Small Business Make Video Ads From Their Phone, WebmasterWorld
- BrightLocal adds new features: Location reporting dashboard plus Google Analytics, localsearchforum.com
- Google Anti-abuse & Security Lead +Elie Bursztein talks about research that…, Google+ - Research at Google
- Google Discontinues Swiffy Flash Conversion Tool, WebmasterWorld
- Knowledge graph being thrown into the organic results. Only incognito for me, must be a test. #seo @rustybrick https://t.co/lfeVyXpWV0, Sam Partland on Twitter
- Quizzical Pursuit 2, The Google Advertiser Community
