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 Birthday Surprise Spinner For Google's 19th Birthday Tomorrow
Google turns 19 years old tomorrow, the last year of its teenage years and to celebrate, Google has a special Google birthday surprise spinner... - Poll: Do You Request & Get Log Files For Your SEO Jobs?
There is an interesting conversation on Twitter around SEOs asking and obtaining access log files from their clients. It seems like many SEOs do prefer to have access to the raw log files from the site but many are unable to obtain it... - Google Movie Reviews Tests Audience Reviews
A few months ago, Google began showing top voted tags for movies knowledge panels, before that like and dislike buttons - now Google is showing in some cases audience reviews... - Google Supports WebSub & PubSubHubbub
Google's John Mueller confirmed on Twitter that Google still supports PubSubHubbub, now known as WebSub. WebSub basically pushes content and changes... - Apple Switches Back To Google For Search On iOS & Mac
A few years ago, Apple dropped Google and replaced them with Bing results on iOS and Mac. Well now... - Google Logo For Gloria E. Anzaldúa Brings Awareness To Mexican/US Border Politics
Today on Google's home page in the United States is a Doodle, special Google logo, for the 75th birthday of Gloria E. Anzaldúa. Gloria E. Anzaldúa was an American scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory... - Google Fidget Spinner
Google has an interactive virtual fidget spinner in search but did you know they also have real physical tangible fidget spinners with their logo on them? Michael O'Neill posted a video of one in act
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @dawnieando @DanLeibson @PeterNikolow TBH I doubt this changes anything for indexing, it's more of a personal preference., John Mueller on Twitter
- A links from canonical post consider as Backlink?, WebmasterWorld
- Apple Safari in MacOS High Sierra Collects Browsing Data, WebmasterWorld
- Does Google Prefer Topical Directory Portals For Niche Queries?, WebmasterWorld
- Why does Google value Directory A versus Directory B?, WebmasterWorld
