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 Has Started The Mobile First Indexing, For Some Sites At Least
It has been just shy a year since Google first announced their mobile first index initiative, where they would crawl the web from a mobile perspective first. Well, it seems Google has started, at least on a really limited basis... - Google May Stop Crawling Old AJAX Scheme With Escape Fragment URLs Soon
Google's John Mueller said in a webmaster hangout yesterday that soon enough Google may stop crawling and indexing that altogether. - Google Ranking Algorithm Same For Top Ten Results As Top Hundred Results
John Mueller of Google said on a Google webmaster hangout at the 38:30 mark into yesterday's hangout that Google uses the same algorithm to rank the first page results that it does for the other pages in their search results... - Google Tests Local Q&A Feature On Desktop Search Results
So when Google's Q&A feature launched for local results... - Google Test Hotel Pricing Slider On Desktop
A few months ago, Google began testing hotel search pricing sliders on mobile search. Well now Google is testing a similar user interface on the desktop search results. - Google Zurich's Outdoor Lounge With Hammocks
Check out that view from one of the outdoor spots at the Google Zurich office. Normally we show off stuff that typically goes outdoors but is indoors, like indoor hammocks within one of the offices
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Announcing the Advanced Protection Program, our strongest security for those most at risk of online attacks → https://t.co/xOylIlAtwN https://t.co/VDYMoomn8R, Google on Twitter
- Answer SEO questions on Google Home -- this sounds pretty fun! https://t.co/AQaen9kY1Y, John Mueller on Twitter
- Calling Gmail iOS users! Help us test a new feature - check your non-Google a..., Google+ - Gmail
- CBS News made use of fact check markup so gets special highlight in Google for Obama calling military families search.... https://t.co/FW2ZFkfYxG, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
