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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Mobile Interstitial Penalty, AdSense Ad Limit, Bing Expanded Ads & Games
This week I cover the new upcoming Google intrusive mobile interstitial penalty that is coming January 10th. Google wonât be building a testing tool for this penalty... - Google Search Console Index Status Report Coming Back To Life
Earlier this week, we reported that the Google index status report was broken and not updating for many in the Google Search Console set of tools. Supposedly it was an issue for weeks before I even reported it... - Google: No Plans To Build A Mobile Interstitials Testing Tool
As you know, Google announced a new penalty coming at the beginning of the 2017 year for downgrading intrusive mobile interstitials. Yesterday we asked... - Google AdWords Doesn't Rank Expanded Text Ads Better Than Standard Text Ads
As you know, Google AdWords started rolling out expanded text ads last month. But Google said the AdWords ranking algorithm will not treat expanded text ads any better than standard text ads. Cassie from Google said so in a Google AdWords Help thread... - Google My Business Enables Accept OR Discard Updates For Individual Fields
Google quietly posted on the release notes for Google My Business that you can now accept or discard Google updates for individual fields in bulk for your Google My Business listing. The updated help document details the steps for doing this on desktop and mobile... - Why Did Google Added Solitaire & Tic-Tac-Toe To Search Results?
Yesterday Google announced they added two popular games directly to the search results. You can now play solitaire and tic-tac-toe directly in the Google search results. Try it by simply going to Google on desktop or mobile and search for [tic-tac-toe] or [solitaire]... - Google New York Office Celebrates 10 Years
Virna posted a picture of one of the many cakes made for the Google New York City 10 year anniversary party that happened last night at the Google NYC office. You can see this cake showcases the Chel
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- RSVP for our live event next Wednesday, August 31st, to learn how to use Google…, Google+ - Google Ads
- Update: very sorry to say I won't be writing a post about this. Too many tough emotions & raw nerves on all sides to navigate., Rand Fishkin on Twitter
- Here's a few Matched content best practices: http://goo.gl/GU3oUz , Google+ - AdSense
- Welcome to our newest Top Contributor!, The Google Advertiser Community
