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:
- Did Google Boosts HTTPS Ranking Signal? Nope But More HTTPS Results In Top Ten.
Both RankRanger and Mozcast are showing a nice uptick in the number of HTTPS results in the top Google results... - Google Keyword Planner Removes Valuable Data For Potential Advertisers
Remember last Tuesday we reported that Google Keyword Planner Showing Data Ranges For Advertisers Without Campaigns - in short, they were showing less traffic estimate data to some advertisers. I was hoping it was a bug, but it was not... - Google AdWords Quality Scores Reports To Show Null Values
Google quietly announced on Google+ that starting September 12, 2016 the Google AdWords report may start showing null values in the quality score columns when the keywords are new or have insufficient impression or click data... - Google Testing AMP For Web Pages In Live Results
As you know, Google said they will be expanding AMP beyond news stories but also into all types of pages. But they did not give a timeline... - Google To Support Schema.org Version 3.1
In the Google+ hangout from Friday morning at the 28:45 mark into the video, John Mueller said Google is indeed working on supporting the latest version of Schema.org... - Google Tests People Also Ask Carousel On Desktop
A month ago, we reported how Google was testing a carousel for the people also ask feature on mobile searches. But today Google seems to be testing it also on desktop. - Android Puzzlebot
Corsin Camichel shared a photo of a new treat he got from Google. It is an Android Puzzlebot. An Android Puzzlebot comes in a box, with instructions and a ton of pieces of LEGOs that lets you build
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- No signal? No problem. Search for places, get directions and navigate offline…, Google+ - Google Maps
- When you switch to HTTPS, double check you also switched your tracking and ad scripts to HTTPS, otherwise they'll be blocked by browsers, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- YouTube Status and Features Design Changed https://t.co/hRQYsU4gMB @rustybrick https://t.co/HcfdTxu6KW, Sunny Kumar Ujjawal on Twitter
- Welcome new Rising Stars!, The Google Advertiser Community
