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 Wants You To Ignore The Cache Date
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that we should really ignore the cache date. I'd ignore the cache date... - Google: Boilerplate Content Is Not Harmful Or Toxic
Over the years I've seen webmasters and SEOs being concerned over boilerplate content... - Google Search Console Kills Fetch As Google For Mobile Apps
Google has removed a feature within Google Search Console for mobile apps, specifically the fetch as Google feature... - Google Gary Illyes: Why Do You Publish On Medium Over Your Own Site?
Medium is a pretty popular online publishing platform where you can write and publish on the Medium domain and property... - Google AdSense Redesigns Ad Review Center?
The folks over at the WebmasterWorld forums are saying that Google AdSense is starting to roll out a new ad review center. The ad review center first launched back in 2008 as a way to allow publishers to better control which ads they do not want to show on their site... - Inside The Google Chicago Subway Train Car
A few months ago we shared a photo of the subway or train car on the rooftop of the Google Chicago office. Well now I found a picture from the inside of the car. It was shared on Twitter by @Futurema
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @VincentBrossas Not natively, but HTTP/1.x clients can connect to HTTP/2 servers, so might as well use HTTP/2 w/HTTPS :-), John Mueller on Twitter
- @rollerblader @methode If users end up on HTTPS after a redirect, that's fine (they're on HTTPS, nothing to warn). HTST can help save the redirect too., John Mueller on Twitter
- Google appeals €2.4Bil Antitrust Fine, WebmasterWorld
- Google Updates Dashboard for User Privacy Controls, WebmasterWorld
- IMO optimizing it past the normal usage is unlikely to yield measurable positive results., John Mueller on Twitter
