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 Search Algorithm Update Currently Mild
Since the roll out of the Google Speed Update - the SEO community has been on high alert to see what type of impact it has on the overall mobile search results. The deal is... - Similar Domain Names Don't Hurt Your Rankings In Google Search
In a webmaster hangout yesterday at the 1 minute 22 second mark, someone asked if they own bluewidgets.com and then a competitor or two own mybluewidgets.com or ibluewidgets... - Google & SEOs Mock My Speed Update Rollout Status Question
Yesterday, I asked John Mueller of Google the status of when the Google Speed Update that starting to roll out two days ago - when will it be fully rolled out. I basically asked... - Google: Google Search Console Reports Are As Accurate As It Gets
People over the years have complained a lot about the reports within Google Search Console. Some don't trust the reports... - Google Implies Phone Number Formats Don't Matter
You've all seen it, how different web sites and email signatures format their phone numbers. Some do 212-555-5555, some do (212) 555-5555, some do 212.555.5555, some do 212 555 5555... - SEOs & Webmasters Visit John Mueller At Google Zurich
A week or so ago, Google held an in-person hangout inviting SEOs, webmasters, publishers and others to join at the Google Zurich office. Here is a photo from Eduardo Borges who was one of the folks t
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google doesn't want you to read this!, BlackHatWorld
- It's algorithmic, we don't always show dates in search, even when we know of one.…, John Mueller on Twitter
- No update, nothing's changed…, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- Not everything that companies come up with ends up great, but if you don't get out of your comfort zone and take risks, you'd miss all the opportunities too. Also, be glad we didn't end up with MüllerRank :)… htt, John Mueller on Twitter
- It's almost certainly more data (worse for slow users), blocks translations, blocks zooming, blocks assistive tech (screenreaders), makes SEO much harder, the workarounds add complexity that's hard to monitor & mai, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Account-Based Marketing Tools: A Marketer’s Guide — New report from MarTech Today
- Improving the customer experience means getting search right
- YouTube aims to show more authoritative search results around news topics
- Want to speak at SMX East? Here’s how
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Better understand and reach your customers with new Cross Device capabilities in Google Analytics, Google Analytics Solutions
Industry & Business
- Apple's Siri, Machine Learning teams now under control of new hire John Giannandrea, appleinsider.com
- “Google Was Not a Normal Place”: Brin, Page, and Mayer on the Accidental Birth of the Company that Changed Everything, Vanity Fair
Links & Promotion Building
- Link Sculpting For SEO - Yes It Works, Here's How To Do It, On Page Rocks
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
- Voice Search Optimization: 6 Big Changes You’ll Need to Make, Search Engine Journal
SEO
- 4 Very Popular SEO Beliefs That Make No Sense At All, Search Engine Journal
- 4 Ways Sentiment Analysis Is Changing SEO, Search Engine People
- Google: How Googlebot Processes JavaScript Links on a Site, The SEM Post
- The Value of Robots.txt: Bringing Your SEO to the Next Level, Brightedge
- UX: what is it and why does it matter?, Distilled
PPC
- Google Hotel Ads joins Google Ads, Google Blog
- Speed matters when providing assistive experiences, Google Blog
Search Features
- Bing Now Provides Exact Snippets of Code for Developers’ Queries, Search Engine Journal
Other Search
- Making Morse code available to more people on Gboard, Google Blog
