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 BlogDash Penalty, AdWords Interface & Local Pack Ads
This week, I test out my new Mevo camera from LiveStream, let me know your thoughts. Google penalized the BlogDash network for link schemes. Google's new AdWords... - Google: You'll Almost Never Restore Your Rankings To Previous State After Penalty
Google's John Mueller said in a Google+ hangout this morning at the 8:09 mark that after you "recover" from a penalty, "it's almost never going to be that we will just restore the previous state" of your rankings you had prior to the penalty... - Google: Sitemaps Don't Help With Rich Snippets
In the Google+ hangout this morning a typical question around why isn't Google showing rich snippets for my site when the tool shows everything is valid came up. A typical question and we know Google doesn't show rich snippets for many sites because it doesn't reach a quality threshold... - The AMA With Google Brain Team Teaches Us Google Won't Talk About RankBrain
As you know, Google hosted an AMA with the Google Brain Team yesterday on Reddit and I went through the 742 comments in the thread to pull out any references to search, RankBrain or rankings and honestly... - Google Adds JSON-LD Breadcrumbs Support
John Mueller of Google confirmed this morning on Twitter that Google now supports JSON-LD format/schema for breadcrumbs. Currently, the documentation for breadcrumb schema makes no mention of JSON-LD, but John Mueller said that will change... - Google Stain Glass Logo
Here is a photo of the Google logo made out of stain glass. Richard Hay from Google shared this on Google+ and wrote that I like "different takes on the Google logo, how about one in stained glass."
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Fined $6.8 Million in Russia Over Antitrust, WebmasterWorld
- Google testing new layout for knowledge panel? Side-by-side images & double stars @rustybrick @JoyanneHawkins https://t.co/O4ONzrMLc3, Dave DiGregorio on Twitter
- Introducing #AMP Ad Landing Pages. Making the post ad click experience great: https://t.co/jIRccDQU9g, AMP Project on Twitter
- Link Maintenance Matters, WebmasterWorld
- Top 10 Advertiser Tips for Search Campaigns, The Google Advertiser Community
- Yelp asking if Pokéstops Nearby, localsearchforum.com
