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 Panda 4.2 Roll Out Has To Be Still Rolling Out
Google Panda 4.2 was released in mid/late July 2015 and Google promised us it would roll out over "several months." So 4.2 started around July 18th, which was less than two months ago... - Google: Index Status Report Drop Was A Bug But We Also Made Adjustments
In late August, we reported about a large drop in the Index Status report within the Google Search Console across all accounts. Google at first told us this was not a bug, but the new more accurate estimate... - Google: I'd Avoid Using NoIndex In Robots.txt File
@maxxeight said you can avoid using the disallow directive if you are using a noindex within your robots.txt file. TESTED: no need for disallow if using noindex in robots.txt. As long as @google supports it... @deepcrawl @JohnMu https://t... - Google Search Analytics Report Maxes Out At 999 Keywords
So now that new Search Analytics report is what you get when you go to the Google Search Console, the Search Queries report is gone or very hard to get to... - Queen Elizabeth II, UK's Longest-Reigning Monarch Gets A Google Pegman
Today, Queen Elizabeth II has become the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Britain. She has reigned for 63 years and seven months or over 23,226 days. This is longer than George VI... - Google Ball Pit Sofa
Daniel Waisberg from the Google London office shared a picture of a new workspace area at the office there. If you look, it kind of looks like a U shaped sofa with balls within it. But there is no s
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Search Console API - Search Analytics - Number of query, page, Google Webmaster Help
- I did a short webinar for +WebPromo.Expert on the topic "How to be an Affiliate…, Google+ - Pedro Dias
- IAB Closely Monitoring The Effects of Ad Blockers, WebmasterWorld
- New engagement columns for GDN Lightbox campaigns Recently, we rolled out…, Google+ - Google Ads
- New GSC Search Analytics report: position mixes web and image, WebmasterWorld
- YouTube for Small Business - Google+, Google
- Is there Such Thing as a Description Penalty?, localsearchforum.com
