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:
- New: Google Search Console Search Analytics API
After much speculation over time, and finally introducing a beta, Google has officially announced the new Search Analytics API for the Google Search Console... - Doh! Do Not Noindex Your Site When You Go On Vacation Says Google
Typically when you are I leave your home for a period of time, especially a vacation, you lock the doors, set the alarm and try not to let people or spiders into your home. But that rule doesn't have to apply to your web site... - Google Trying Local Pack Without Google+ Links
Google seems to be testing the Google Local Pack results in the web search results without links to Google+. Ryan Schilling spotted this and posted a screen shot on Twitter. The three pack has links to the places web sites but no links to their Google+ page in his screen shot... - Google Schema Now Supports Movie Critic Reviews In Knowledge Graph
Google announced on the developer blog yesterday that there is a new knowledge graph format, this one for critic reviews. You can see it now, Google says... - When Was The First Traffic Light Installed? 101 Years Ago Via Google Doodle
The image above is an animated GIF of a higher resolution image of the Google logo, aka Doodle, on Google's home page today. It is to remember the day the first traffic light was installed, which was 101 years ago today... - Golf Tees Making Up The Google Logo
Richard Hay from Google snapped a picture of a new Google sign at Google. This one is made up of different golf tees, all in the colors and shape of the Google logo. He posted the picture on Google+
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Have you claimed your sites in your AdSense account? You can identify only…, Google+ - AdSense
- Social engineering doesn't just affect websites, it's important for everyone…, Google+ - John Mueller
- New "Do Not Track" (DNT) Standard Announced by EFF and Coalition, WebmasterWorld
- Yahoo Ads Network Carried Flash Ads Exploit For 7-Days, WebmasterWorld
- Yahoo Small Business is becoming Luminate, from Aabaco Small Business, localsearchforum.com
