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 Mobile Index, Penguin Destruction, Machine Learning & More
This week in search, Google said they are launching their mobile only index within months and moving the desktop index as a secondary index. Google Penguin 4.0 is completely live now. Gary Illyes said Penguin can act to discount all your links... - Google: Penguin Can Discount All Discount All Your Links, Good Or Bad
Shocking news, at least to me, came out yesterday at Pubcon from Gary Illyes talk. The other day, Gary said Google's Penguin algorithm is prepared for manipulation but in his presentation, he took it one step further... - Google To Launch Mobile Index In Months, Replacing Desktop Index As Secondary
Yesterday I reported at Search Engine Land based on Gary Illyes of Google's keynote at PubCon yesterday that Google is set to launch their mobile only index within a timeframe of "months... - Google Back Button Behavior Triggers People Also Search For Carousel
Over the past week or two, I've been getting daily reports from people that going to Google and searching for something on your smartphone now shows the people also search for carousel under some snippets. Yes, the behavior is that you go to Google, search for something... - Google Search Console Launches Simplified AMP Testing Tool
Google launched a new AMP testing tool yesterday within the Google Search Console. You can access it at https://search.google.com/search-console/amp. You basically plug in the AMP URL into the tool and let it run... - Google AdSense Publisher Portal New Design Going Live
Google announced last night that they are rolling out a new design for the AdSense publisher portal. The new design goes with the Google material design flow and "highlights the information thatâs relevant to you on a personalized homepage and streamlines navigation... - Google Street Ball Court in Los Angeles
Alfiya @ahchurakova posted a picture on Instagram of her playing basketball at Google LA, their Los Angeles office. It looks like they have this neat little tucked away street ball court. I've never
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Apple Maps Ranking Factors - Local SEO Guide, localsearchforum.com
- Google Maps is about the journey AND the destination. We’ve recently added Ly..., Google+ - Google Maps
- Google offering "Plan a Trip" info in Knowledge Graph for destinations. It's also on desktop. @rustybrick @jenstar @glenngabe #seo https://t.co/n8f7Homh1F, Kyle Reddoch on Twitter
- The election is less than a month away. Find your polling place & ballot info..., Google+ - Google
- We're going to be providing more transparency into our program policies. And ..., Google+ - AdSense
