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:
- July 2017 Google Webmaster Report
It was a pretty hectic month in the Google SEO/search world. Despite Google claiming they would confirm major updates - we did have a major update on 6/25 which they call random chatter and won't confirm. I did try to analyze the update but came up blank... - Google AdWords Adds Feature For Dynamic Search Ads In Ad Group
David Zagury sent me a screen shot on Twitter of AdWords launching a new feature in the new AdWords interface to create dynamic search ads as groups in standard campaigns... - New Google AMP Video Error Notifications
Yesterday, Google began sending out new AMP errors for video embeds done wrong with AMP. The errors read "Missing embedded video on AMP page for" and listsYesterday, Google began sending out new AMP errors for video embeds done wrong with AMP. The errors read "Missing embedded video on AMP page for" and lists... - Google: Bots Might Like Bold Text But...
Since the early days of SEO, SEOs have been looking for anything to tweak on page to impact their rankings - including using the bold tag on your text. If you want to emphasis words on your page... - Google AdSense New Native Ads Goes Against Webmaster Guidelines Principles
Yesterday, Google announced a new AdSense format named "native ads." The native ads come in two forms, (a) In-feed, In-article... - Google Hopscotch
Here is a photo I spotted on Instagram of outside of the Google office in Vienna, the capital of Austria, where Googlers can play hopscotch. @ninschanel who posted this on Instagram said Taking a #lu
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @firedragn @JohnMu @rustybrick @moneycontrolcom Our primary focus is to offer our users the best possible results & sometimes that's a M page. Analysis tools are lower priority, always., Gary Illyes on Twitter
- @kieranheadley We render pretty much every page that we index nowadays. We cache a lot of JS, so we can render without fetching ("loading"?) it every time., John Mueller on Twitter
- Facebook deleting the posts with link to my site I shared on my page, WebmasterWorld
- Report: E.U. Asks "Experts" to Review Google Android Anti-Competitive Practices, WebmasterWorld
- Snapchat now allows Links, Backdrops, and Voice Filters, WebmasterWorld
- Surprise ! #GoogleHome arrive en France le 3 août ! 🇫🇷 → https://t.co/8qFpkB7c0l https://t.co/Bdf1pL0fk9, Google FR on Twitter