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: The Weekend Update Was Not Penguin 4.0
Google's John Mueller said a few minutes ago on YouTube Live around 5 minutes into the video that the weekend update rumors are not Penguin related. So he said you can "rule out" Penguin in terms of saying the Penguin algorithm was updated this weekend... - Google Search Console Search Analytics Report Stopped Updating
This morning, Google posted a new update to the data anomalies page for the Search Analytics report in the Google Search Console. In short, the search Analytics report has not yet updated since August 31... - In Rare Interview Matt Cutts Talks About Hist Challenges At Google
It has been rare for Matt Cutts, the former search spam guardian at Google, who went on a leave a while back and was... - Google Penalized One Of Turkey's Largests TV Networks, Acunn Media
Ilya Teker, an SEO Director iProspect, informed me on Twitter that one of the largest television networks in Turkey had their website banned and penalized... - Google To Test Webmaster Hangouts Over YouTube Live With Slides Q&A
As you know, Google scheduled their last few hangouts using Google+ Hangouts and now... - Google Brazil Green Pickup Truck Fruit Bar
Alex Rosa posted a photo on Instagram of them near a green old looking pick up truck, which is in a shinny green. It looks like Google is using it as a fruit bar of some sorts in the Google Brazil off
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- noindexing a URL that's not indexed (due to a rel=canonical pointing elsewhere) changes nothing. Not indexed=not indexed", John Mueller on Twitter
- Rip Off Report Image on GMB Page, localsearchforum.com
- @Zen2Seo percent-encoding is fine ( https://t.co/v4dnFUyIq1 ), you can double-check "the actual Googlebot" :) with Fetch as Google., John Mueller on Twitter
- Article date in Google SERPs - How to make Google show last updated date?, WebmasterWorld
- Be sure to use Google Trends to help develop content that resonates with your..., Google+ - AdSense
- Google and Microsoft Browsers Have High Ad Fraud, WebmasterWorld
