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:
- Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 19, 2015
This week in search, we reported on a minor Google update I named the cricket update and then a larger Google update that had a lot of discussion... - Google Search With Blue Navigation Links, Not Red Links?
Joost de Valk the founder of Yoast, spotted Google testing using blue navigation links in the main search results. Normally Google uses red, in fact, they always use red. Here is a picture from Yoast: You can click on it to expand... - Google: We Do Take Action On Black Hat Spam In Spammy Niches
There are certain industries and niches on the web that are somewhat reserved for black hat SEOs, SEOs that go above and beyond and push the line of what is outside of the Google guidelines. Some people call these areas PPC, standing for porn... - Google's John Mueller Looking Up Despite The Critiques
Since Matt Cutts left, John Mueller has been taking the brunt of the Google search complaints from the webmaster and SEO community. Truth is... - Google Adds Review Stars For Sites With Location Extensions Enabled
Joy Hawkins noticed that her local listing now has stars to convey her local businesses reviews within the Google My Business center. But previously... - Google Refreshes The Google Cache Page
Google seems to have made a small design upgrade, refresh, to the Google Cache landing page. So if you go to Google, click on the arrow down to see the "cache" result of the page, the landing page you are taken to is slightly different... - Google AdSense Has A New Logo
Google AdSense announced their new logo last night on Google+. The new logo is pretty simply, takes an approach for its sister, Google AdWords logo. Here is a picture of the higher resolution versio
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- How do you search for your sites? I used to use [site:] eons ago, sometimes…, Google+ - Gary Illyes
- Are you leaking conversions? We're introducing 36 new benchmarks and key tools…, Google+ - Google Ads
- Call Tracking & PBX for your business, localsearchforum.com
- Finally a de-classified version of what I have been working on since 2007 …, Google
- Good Google Analytics tips for all, Google+ - Esther Wojcicki
- Wow! The Biggest Ads I Have Ever Seen!, Cre8asite Forums