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: We Have Algorithmic Diagnosis Tools So We Are Not In A Black Box
We know Google can check if a site is penalized or not. Google has told webmasters in real time if they are penalized many many times. We even saw what Google calls the Google Penalty Server... - Google AdSense Testing Plain Text Units?
Bill Atchison, aka incrediBILL, an administrator at the WebmasterWorld forums, posted a thread at WebmasterWorld asking if some premium publishers are allowed to bypass the normal JavaScript based ad code and use HTML based ad code on their site... - Google: We Can't See All Lazy Loaded Content On Mobile
Google's John Mueller was asked in the Google+ Hangout at the 14:05 mark about lazy loaded content, specifically on mobile. Can Google see all that content and the quick answer is no... - Tweets In Google's Desktop Results As Of Last Month
Search Engine Land reports based on a tip from Conductor that Google has been testing more Twitter integration, showing Tweets in the desktop Google search results as of July. In May... - Google: Mobile Only Sites Are Fine, You Don't Need A Desktop Site.
Google's John Mueller said in a Google+ Hangout on Friday morning that you do not need a specific desktop web site, that having a mobile site is perfectly fine. Google will rank and list your mobile web site on the desktop search results just fine... - Google BBQ Chef
Jack Fermon from Google snapped a picture of one of the Google chefs barbecuing. Jack wrote, "Life at Google... BBQ ribs at the office" and posted the picture on Google+. Yum.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- How To Measure Mobile Push Notifications Wouldn’t it be nice to engage with…, Google+ - Google Analytics
- What Happened After Moz Migrated to a Mobile-Friendly Blog? On April 20th,…, Google+ - Rand Fishkin
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