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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google EU Fine, Image Search Change, Trump Idiot Bomb & Mobile First Indexing
This week, Google was fined a record breaking $5 billion by the EU for Android antitrust issues. Google Image search has updated their referral URLs for easier tracking. Trump... - Google: Noindex & Rel=Canonical Should Not Be Mixed
There is an outstanding explanation from Google's John Mueller about the differences around the noindex and rel=canonical signals and why they should not be mixed. In short... - Google: Still A Lot To Do To Fully Roll Out Mobile First Indexing
As many of you know, Google has been active at rolling out the mobile-first indexing process to more and more sites in their index. We stopped keeping track of the notifications after what we documented the fourth batch of mobile-first indexing notifications... - Bing Webmaster API Still Broken After 2 Weeks - No Fix In Sight
Over a week ago, I reported that Bing Webmaster Tools API was down and then began using some of my channels to find out what is up. All of my channels failed to lead... - Trump Gets Googlebombed In Google Images As Idiot
You cannot be a president in the Google era without getting multiple Googlebombs throughout your service. This time, it is Trump who got Googlebombed again, for the search term [idiot] in Google Image search... - Lots Of Google Watermelons
I guess this is a photo of one of the cooks at the Google office in Mountain View, California at the GooglePlex. Looks like they are preparing a lot of watermelons for snacks for the Google staff. I
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google sponsored bootcamp designed to kickstart women's speaking career? Frak yeah! https://t.co/SaaFxAyR7F, Jamie on Twitter
- New UI for Google Hotel Search @rustybrick…, Reshav Singh on Twitter
- You'd know best when your pages last changed :)…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Mobile-speed, it's not just something for search. https://t.co/kVzfa4BwLb…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Questions on Checking Changes to https, WebmasterWorld
- Woah, wait - this is specific to *unsupported* directives.…, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
- Search in Pics: Watermelons, air ducts & new office buildings
- Trolls propel Trump to top Google ratings for ‘idiot’
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Cross Device Reporting in Google Analytics: What it is & How to Use it, Seer Interactive
Industry & Business
Local & Maps
- Google Maps launches 'motorbike mode' in Singapore, The Straits Times
- Google Tests Price Insights for Hotel Listings, Sergey Alakov
Mobile & Voice
- New Kenshoo Research: Mobile Ads Overtake Desktop in Paid Search, Kenshoo
- Voice search: what will the future bring?, Yoast
SEO
- A Guide To Page Speed Metrics -, Koozai
- How to Do Keyword Research for SEO: Everything You Need to Know, Search Engine Journal
- Reputation Management SEO: How to Own Your Branded Keywords in Google - Whiteboard Friday, Moz
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