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 Penguin 4.0 Live, AMP In Core Results & App Indexing Stumbles
Big news this morning, Google officially confirmed that Penguin 4.0, the real time version of that spam algorithm, is now live. We saw Google testing it earlier... - Google Penguin 4.0, The Real Time Penguin Algorithm Is Live
Google has officially confirmed on the Google webmaster blog that they've began rolling out the Penguin 4.0 real time algorithm. It has been just under... - Take Google's Survey On Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
Google posted on Google+ and Twitter a request to webmasters to complete a survey on accelerated mobile pages, AMP. Google wrote... - Google: You Don't Have To Rush Into Progression Web Apps (PWA)
PWAs, progressive web apps, is a Google protocol that helps make richer mobile web pages that act like mobile apps but they are not native iOS or Android apps. For the past few months... - Google AdWords Call Conversion Tracking Now Easier
Google posted on Google+ that there is a new and easier way to implement call conversion tracking with AdWords. Now you implement one snippet of code per landing page and Google will dynamically serve the right number... - Google El Santo Mask Logo
Today on Google.com is a special Google Doodle, Google logo, for Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (El Santo)'s 99th birthday. El Santo, meaning "The Saint," is a well-known Mexican professional wrestler and movie star... - Musical Artist, Elle Exxe On Google NYC's Rooftop
Musical artist, Elle Exxe, performed at Google NYC this week for a party. Here is a photo she shared on Facebook of her friends and Googlers holding her up on the roof. She wrote "Loved performing a
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Apple Maps Needs Some SEO Help…Better Hope It Doesn’t Get Any - Local SEO Guide, localsearchforum.com
- Google Url Builder tool has moved to Google Analytics demos & tools with more features. #ppcchat @rustybrick @sengineland https://t.co/P9Lfv1JrxF, Kaushik Mukherjee on Twitter
- This adds some interesting fodder for discussion in the world of local listings https://t.co/8KWRdKjsp4, Mike Blumenthal on Twitter
- Yahoo Data Breach Expected to be Confirmed, WebmasterWorld
- Join us for a Google Webmaster Central office hours hangout on Sept 23. Add ..., Google+ - John Mueller