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:
- Maybe Why Google Dropped Authorship As A Ranking Signal?
Now, I do not know if authorship was ever a ranking signal but I assume Google tested it to see if it should be. And we now know Google said it is safe to remove authorship... - Google: Short Articles Won't Penalize Your Site; Think About Users
Google's John Mueller covered lots and lots of myths this past Friday in the Google Hangout on Google+. He said at the 34:37 minute mark that having short articles won't give you a Google penalty. He also said that even some long articles can be confusing for users... - Google: There Is No Penalty For Not Linking Out Externally
I am not sure where these myths come from... - Google: Disavow Links File Needs To Be On Canonical Version For Manual Actions
John Mueller in the Friday morning's Google Hangout on Google+ said at the 54 minute mark that if you get a manual action and you want to submit a reconsideration request... - Google AdWords Express Advertising Dashboard Broken
Several Google AdWords advertisers who leverage the AdWords Express ad system are reporting in a Google Advertising Help thread that the numbers on their dashboard are off. Instead of showing any numbers, it shows zeros. It shows "0 views, 0 clicks... - Google San Francisco Market Street Views
Adam Singer from Google shared a photo the other day on Twitter of the views from the Google San Francisco office. We've seen many of the views from this office but not from Market Street. Pretty nic
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- We’ve got a new blog URL: https://t.co/WpUB1ZfVqT. The new domain should help you recognize when you’re reading an official Google blog., Google AdWords on Twitter
- Are Directories Dead in 2016?, WebmasterWorld
- Messenger Starts Testing End-to-End Encryption, WebmasterWorld
- Trusted Photographer Using The Theta S Camera, localsearchforum.com
