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 Tests Colorful Dots To Explain Search Results
Google is testing showing colorful dots, a blue, red, yellow and green set of dots, to help users understand different search result elements. When you click on the dots, it launched... - Google: H1 Tags Are Not Critical For Search Ranking
Google's John Mueller said that your site can rank fine with or without H1 tags. You don't have to use any H1 tags, or you can use many, either way, it is not a critical issue specifically for Google search... - Google Is Investigating Spike In Impressions & Queries
Google's John Mueller said the Google search team is investigating spikes in Search Console impressions for specific queries. In fact, it seems like Google Trends was showing that spike in those queries as well, so it might be some sort of Google bug or someone playing games... - Google: Optimizing For RankBrain Is The Same As Optimizing For Users
RankBrian launched in 2015 and is a way for Google to understand user queries better. Google has said you cannot optimize for it but you can work on making your site better. Gary Illyes from Google said basically making your content for users is accomplishing. - Google's John Mueller: I Strongly Recommend New Sites Not Use M-Dot URLs
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that he strongly recommends sites, espesially new sites, not use m-dot URLs. Google has always strongly recommended sites use responsive designs but here John is saying stay away from m-dots... - Google NYC Outdoor Wooden Lounge Chairs
Here is a photo of a couple sitting outside on one of the Google NYC balconies enjoying life on a Google wooden lounge chair. At least I think this is at the Google New York City office... - Programming Note: Rosh Hashanah 5780 - Happy & Healthy Jewish New Year
This is a programming note that Monday and Tuesday is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and I will be offline the next two days. I will be offline Monday and Tuesday, September 30th and October 1st...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Interested in learning more about the recent Google change for original reporting? -> Interview with Google News VP Richard Gingras on the algorithm change to spotlight original reporting, the difficulty of defining the term,, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
- Google ads is advertising on Facebook 😐 cc @rustybrick https://t.co/MgVaxP85DF, Himanshu on Twitter
- Unfortunately, it's impossible to say just with that. The web - regardless of what Google does - changes constantly, and with that, some things see more users, and other things see fewer users., John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Beyond the ad: Conversion Optimization, Google Blog
Industry & Business
Links & Promotion Building
- Your Content Marketing Strategy: Using Data to Take it to the Next Level, BrightEdge SEO Blog
Local & Maps
- Why Germany has no Street View, Big Think
Mobile & Voice
SEO
- Common Mistakes with Technical SEO with Arnout Helleman, Craig Campbell
PPC
- 7 Tips to Quickly Boost Your PPC Campaigns, Search Engine Guide
Note: This story was pre-written before the Rosh Hashanah holiday. I am currently offline for the holiday and unable to respond to comments on this site, social, media or other platforms.
