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:
- Confirmed: More Data Coming To Google Search Console Soon
Earlier this month, Google's John Mueller hinted about more data will be coming to the Google Search Console soon. This is coming with the new beta release of the tool... - Google: Things Looking Good For Mobile First Index
I asked John Mueller of Google yesterday in a Google webmaster hangout at the 23:18 mark into the video how things are going with the mobile first index and if they have any updates for us all... - Google Local Results Tests Extracting Some Reviews
Google is now testing extracting portions of the local reviews and placing them in the local listings for some queries. Tom Waddington, a Google Top Contributor... - John Mueller Of Google Teases New Feature & Deletes Tweet
This morning, a little before 4am, Google's John Mueller posted a tweet that read "just saw some awesome launch previews -- literally raising the bar. wow." The tweet is uncharacteristic of John, it was almost like a tease. But then he deleted the tweet... - Google Local Panel Can Show "Recently Opened" Label
Google sometimes shows labels in the local panel for businesses but one I never saw was a "recently opened" label. Thibault Adda spotted this for a query on [longhorn steakhouse oswego il] and shared a screen shot on Twitter... - Labyrinth Google Staircase - Gordon Building
Here is a photo I spotted on Instagram from Mario Bini of the Gordon Building, one of Google's offices. Here is one of the staircases that goes on forever, or at least it seems like it goes on foreve
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @dergal @dawnieando @OmiSido You can't be a good ninja if people can see you., John Mueller on Twitter
- @Tauqeeraziz I don't know what mozcast tracks, sorry., John Mueller on Twitter
- @carloscf1919 That's fine, as long as you don't blindly take any URL that reaches the page as the canonical (use clean URLs for canonicals instead)., John Mueller on Twitter
- @dan__richardson We recommend using an overlaid "DIV" so that the actual content is still seen for indexing. Don't redirect to an interstitial., John Mueller on Twitter
- Did you know we just launched a new blog, ALL IN HINDI!!! Go check it out and keep an eye on updates! https://t.co/tMH6zAkaIj, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- Marketers must commit to creating incredible mobile experiences. Fast and fr..., Google+ - Think with Google