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 Calls Algorithm Monitoring Tools "Blackhat Scrapers"
Back in the good old days, I use to simply use the chatter in the SEO discussion forums to communicate with you all if I feel there was a major or minor Google Algorithm update... - Google: We Care About URL & Last Modification Date
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter this morning that Google doesn't really care much about the priority field in the XML Sitemap... - Google: More Control With Markup vs The Data Highlighter Tool
In 2012, Google launched the data highlighter tool to give less technical webmasters a way to communicate markup of a page or group of pages ... - Google Maps Reviews Breaks For 4 Hours Yesterday
Yesterday, at around 10am EST, the ability to write new reviews for Google local results in Google Search or Google Maps stopped working. In fact, it stopped working for about four hours. Many webmasters, SEOs... - Report: Google Showing More Local Packs Internationally
RankRanger is reporting a huge increase in the local packs showing up internationally... - Google Indoor Chair Swing
Here is a photo, well, a video, I found on Instagram from the Google Seattle office, I guess the Kirkland office, where there is this wood chair swing that has Googlely colored padding on it. Minami
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- *Now Available: Overhauled Google Analytics 360 Suite Overview* #measure, Google+ - Google Analytics
- Soon on Search and Maps, you can ask questions about the places you want to ..., Google+ - Google
- @macronimous @Clement_SEO Yeah, it's good to be critical - not everything online is up-to-date., John Mueller on Twitter
- Good to think twice before adding notifications. https://t.co/nfmwKYVN6L https://t.co/BGy8FULDs6, John Mueller on Twitter
- How long for Google to re-index to HTTPS?, WebmasterWorld
