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 AMP In Core Mobile Results Fully Live?
In early August we reported Google is bringing AMP pages to the core mobile search results. Google never told us when this would happen exactly but it seems to have gone live today/tonight. Many folks are now seeing it for ordinary searches in Google while on their mobile devices... - Are You Seeing Huge Traffic Surges From Google AMP Since Thursday?
I've been hearing some chatter here and there around some sites that have deployed AMP, accelerated mobile pages, are seeing huge surges in traffic from the In The News box. The thing is, I am personally seeing this as well... - Google Chrome: Make Page Mobile Friendly Button
Joy Hawkins posted a screen shot on Twitter of mobile Chrome giving her the option of making a web page mobile friendly when it is not. She when to an article and at the bottom of the Chrome browser on her Android device it said "make page mobile-friendly... - The Google Interstitials Mobile Penalty May Impact Popups On Scroll
About a month ago, Google announced the new mobile interstitial penalty, which will be coming to a Google penalty box on January 10... - Google Trips Feels Like The Perfect Travel Companion
Yesterday, Google announced Google Trips, a new iOS and Android app that lets you plan your trip before or during your travels. It honestly looks to me like the perfect travel companion... - Google's New Preview Book To Book Knowledge Cards
Google has added a new feature to the books knowledge card, the option to preview the book in Google Books. Now, this may come up when you search for a book title in the Google web search box, it also may not depending on the licensing rights... - Google Doodle Postcards
The other week I received a package from Daniel Waisberg. Daniel works at the Google UK office with the Google Analytics team. I've known him well before he worked at Google, when he was based in Isra
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- A faster way to share photos and videos, and all-new movies Sharing all the ..., Google+ - Google Photos
- AMP Recipes are live in the mobile SERPs. Check it out, and then cook it up. :) #seo https://t.co/CCqgQNolNv, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
- Bing Academic and Movie Search Intelligent Autocomplete, WebmasterWorld
- Image thumbnail showing up from private YouTube video, Google Web Search Help
- October is coming. #madebygoogle https://t.co/UNMr2cJXhk https://t.co/LzyswaEBjh, Google on Twitter
- @rustybrick @JohnMu @methode @AdamSinger @louisgray ಠ_ಠ, Matt Cutts on Twitter
- Find out the secret to share-worthy content, and increase the engagement on y..., Google+ - AdSense
- Google Is Giving Me My Links Back (Doubled in a month), WebmasterWorld
- Major Google Dancing?!?!?!?!?!?!?!, BlackHatWorld