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:
- Google: Three Reasons Your Rich Snippets Aren't Showing In Search
An SEO asked Google's John Mueller why his rich cards (rich snippets) aren't showing up in search. John responded with three possible reasons over Twitter... - Google: URL Structure Not So Important For SEO
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that URL structure is "not so much" important, rating it a 1 out of 7 - whatever that means. He said the bigger concern is changing URLs can take Google time to pick up on and pass signals from. So stick with your URLs for the long term... - Google: Links From Added URL Parameters, Check The Canonical
Sometimes I get to step back and explain a basic SEO topic... - Google: Directing Users & GoogleBot To Fasters Servers Is Not Cloaking
A webmaster asked John Mueller of Google if it is cloaking or against Google's guidelines to direct GoogleBot to the fastest server available to render the content on the web site... - Google: We Count The Same URL In Different Sitemaps Separately
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that Google will count the same URL in different sitemap files separately... - Google Dog Chair
Here is a chair, I think designed for a dog, at the Google office. It is outdoor dog furniture at the Google office. The dog does seem very comfy and relaxed. This was shared by Tal Brener Haker on
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @HerrGranatos I've seen that happen on URLs that we can't crawl properly (server returns an empty response). Double-check your sever logs?, John Mueller on Twitter
- #Google #Testing #quic and #udp Protocol?! @JohnMu @methode @rustybrick https://t.co/t28mncbV67, Paul Schreiner on Twitter
- @expressblogger It's a tool like many others, use it where it makes sense; learn to use your tools & when to use something else., John Mueller on Twitter
- @williamvicary @methode Fixing it might make it easier for diagnosing issues, but in general it's not critical. Usually it's a trivial CSS tweak., John Mueller on Twitter
- Analyst: #Google’s default search deal worth $3 billion to frenemy Apple by @gsterling https://t.co/u5iOnQhiU0, Search Engine Land on Twitter
- How Do You Build Webpages?, WebmasterWorld
- How to prevent staging to be indexed in search engines, Stack Overflow
- Site category exclusions for Google Display Network getting brand safety update by @ginnymarvin https://t.co/rycxekbTNS, Search Engine Land on Twitter
