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 Recoveries, Buying Links, Google Home & Assistant
This week, I cover a lot more on Penguin. First, the recoveries have started and Google confirmed it should be done fairly soon, probably next few days. The recoveries thus far look very impressive. Early on... - Google: Penguin Recoveries Still Rolling Out But Should Be Done Very Soon
Google has said the Penguin changes you've been seeing, and many of you are seeing recoveries espesially recently but those fluctuations and changes should all settle down soon. - Google: Reconsideration Requests Never Worked For Penguin Or Other Algorithms
Rand said that reconsideration requests via the Google Search Console did work and help reverse Penguin penalties. Jennifer Slegg pointed out to Rand... - Google: 301 Redirecting All Pages To Home Page Are Seen As Soft 404s
I cannot tell you how many times I speak to people about site migrations or mass CMS changes to their web site and they tell me, we are just going to 301 redirect all the internal pages that no longer exist to our home page - so our home page will rank for those keywords... - Google AdWords SMS - Click To Text Ads - Reach The UK
This past June, we reported some users seeing the new AdWords click to text SMS ad extension on the Google AdWords results. In short, it is a way for searchers from their mobile devices to send a text/SMS message to the advertiser to unlock a deal or message... - Google AdWords Updated Their Android & iOS Apps
Google announced on Google+ that they've updated the AdWords app for Android and iOS this week. The truth is, the Android version was updated this week but the iOS version was updated about a month ago on September 06, 2016. Anyway... - Box Of Google Android Lollipops
The folks at Fabipops created branded AdWords lollipops for Google and shared the boxes of them on Instagram. You can see the new AdWords logo directly on these lollipops. It looks like there are so
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- How Google Assistant is going to affect your organic traffic, WebmasterWorld
- Configured properly, Google Analytics can help your business flourish. The fi..., Google+ - Google Analytics
- @googlewmc the new 'car models' carousel in Google UK is sending people to US/CA results #irrelevant One for @rustybrick to investigate ;) https://t.co/VHr0xRB3wE, Artur Jach on Twitter
- Celebrating our 1st birthday: new icon, infographic & case studies from @wire..., Google+ - Google Webmasters
