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:
- RankBrain Used In All Google Searches & Impacts Search Results A Lot
Steven Levy, world famous author, wrote on Back Channel a bit about RankBrain, here is the quote: It turned out the answer was yes, and the system is now part of search... - Hulu Google Traffic Drop & Return A Penalty Or Human Error?
I didn't see much coverage of the Hulu Google organic search drop outside of a post by Bartosz Goralewicz over here but after a two or so week drop in Google organic placement and traffic, Hulu is back. All the tools to track this concur including SEM Rush... - 34% Of Google Search Results Are HTTPS
Gary Illyes from Google said last week at SMX Advanced that 34% of the Google search results are HTTPS. We know Google began indexing HTTPS by default back in December of last year. But still... - Google To Show Business Type/Category Overlays On Map
Google announced last week on the Asia Pacific blog that they are rolling out a feature in the Google Maps user interface to add on top of the business names, the business category or type of business it is... - Google AdWords Report Editor Now With Full Video Ad Reporting
Jon Diorio, a well liked Google AdWords Product Manager, posted on Google+ a little feature add to the Google AdWords Report Editor. Specifically... - Secretary of State Kerry With Sergey Brin In Google Self Driving Car
Here is a photo of United States Secretary of State John Kerry sitting in a self driving car with Google's founder, Sergey Brin. This was posted on Google+ and they wrote "Thanks to +U.S. Department
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google continues working on a new interface: https://t.co/roNvfErCgp https://t.co/saripdV1Qv, rgomezric on Twitter
- Be careful with escaped fragment URLs & robots.txt disallows. A Disallow: /*? will block Google from requesting ?_escaped_fragment_= URLs., Dan Sharp on Twitter
- Blocking BacklinkWatch.com, WebmasterWorld
- Promote Your Business with AdWords Express, The Google Advertiser Community
