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:
- Bug: Google Search Console Links to Your Site Shows No Data Available
There seems to be a bug with the Google Search Console's Links To Your Site report where many are saying it shows "no data available." In fact, I am able to replicate it on many Google Search Console profiles I have in my account... - You Can Now Opt Out Of Trending Searches In The Google Search App
Back in April, Google began showing trending searches in the autocomplete search box within the Google Search App. It is cool, but tapping in the search box to see trending searches, is not always that relevant and many searchers didn't want to see it... - Old Google My Business Business Hour Format No Longer Supported
In November of last year, Google posted that the old business hours spreadsheet format will no longer be supported. Well, that officially went through on on August 8, 2016. If you are using the old spreadsheet format... - Google: No Problem Having Downloadable PDFs That Match Your Web Content
This isn't a new topic, we covered PDFs and duplicate content before, but this morning John Mueller was more specific. On Twitter John Mueller of Google said that if you offer a PDF download link that lets users download the web content they are looking at... - Google Tells Techmeme "Were Sorry" Regarding False Positives In Search Console
A couple days ago, I reported how the founder of Techmeme was complaining about the false positive errors on Google Search Console around hacked spam... - Google Car Erasers Toys
Richard Hay from Google shared a photo of these erasers, well, not just any erasers, but toy car erasers in the Google logo color. It was shared years ago, so I pulled it out of my piggy bank of picut
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Hey how do you define "crawl budget" in 140 characters?, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- The results are in! https://t.co/8LDT5rAlQC, DEJAN on Twitter
- Captured the second sighting of the local 4 pack last night. @JoyanneHawkins @rustybrick https://t.co/lQjvpxxHGW https://t.co/WuoSVoXj5U, Ryan Scollon on Twitter
- Tip 7: Use Google research tools. See how staying relevant can grow your…, Google+ - AdSense