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:
- Matt Cutts Not Returning To Google In 2014: Will He Return In 2015?
Matt Cutts, Google's currently on leave head of search spam, announced on Twitter that he is extending his leave into 2015. In July, Matt Cutts shocked the SEO space by announcing he would be taking a few months off to spend time with his wife... - Google: Only SEOs Go To Page 35 In Google's Search Results
Google's John Mueller posted another funny on Google+, this one mocking how only SEOs travel as far as page 35 in the Google search results. He wrote... - Google: Duplicate URLs In The Disavow Is Not An Issue
An SEO asked on Twitter if listing the same URL in the disavow link file will hurt or what happens? Does listing it twice negate it? Does listing it twice show more importance? Or does Google ignore duplicate listings... - Google Analytics Treemaps For AdWords Reporting Coming Soon
Google mentioned on Google+ on the Google Analytics account, that a new AdWords reporting feature named Treemaps is coming to the software. - Bing Images Finally Adds Animated GIF Filter
Just like Google, Bing has finally added a filter to their Bing Image search to filter images by animated GIFs only. As many of you know, I love animated GIFs, so having two major search engines support an animated GIF filter... - How Many SEOs See Google's Matt Cutts
To many SEOs, Matt Cutts seems scary because he is/was (not sure now) the head of Google's search spam team. He can make or break your web site in Google's search results. So that can be scary for m - Day of the Dead Google Video Doodle
Today on the Google home page in Mexico and the United States of America, is a special logo, aka Doodle...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Managing multiple Google accounts: an update, and best practices, WebmasterWorld
- Correct HTTPS transition? (+ Different Majestic results?), WebmasterWorld
- [Hangout on Air] Drive In Store Traffic - Part 1, AdWords Community
- [Hangout on Air] Drive In Store Traffic - Part 2, AdWords Community