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 Core Algorithm Change: Not Panda, Not Penguin & Not HTTPS
So the update we broke yesterday, that Google update that I said didn't feel like Panda, is not Panda as I said. But Google did say that it was a normal "improvements to our search algorithms and the web is constantly evolving," a Google spokesperson told me... - Google: Great Reconsideration Requests Get Processed Fast; Hints At Thumbtack
There was recently a lot of controversy around why Thumbtack saw their manual action reversed in less than a week. Some suspect it is because it is a Google Capital backed company by Google denies that... - Google's New Search Console Promotion Video
Yesterday, Google shared on Google+ a new video they made as a promotion for the Google Search Console, formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools. The new video aims at getting both large and small web site owners onto the Google Search Console... - Google PSA: Don't Add Noindex Directives In Your Body Content
Gary Illyes from Google posted a PSA (public service announcement) on Google+ warning webmasters not to have noindex directives in their body content because many search engines will see read them and not index the content on that page... - Found In A Google Bookshelf, Lots Of Board Games
Richard Hay snapped a picture of one of the many bookshelves at Google. This one seems to be filled with board games and computer programming books. Richard called this the Google Library, very funn
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Add spam filters with the help of this tool The Spam Filter Installer, created…, Google+ - Google Analytics
- Bing: Out of Date DMOZ Data in Bing SERPs Hurting its Reputation?, WebmasterWorld
- All of these images were computer generated! For the last few weeks, Googlers…, Google+ - Jeff Dean
- Home Advisor Jumping into the Google Local Spam Game?, localsearchforum.com
- How to fix URl unsupported + Old Version of APK, Google Webmaster Help
