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:
- November 2015 Google Webmaster Report
What a busy month we had in October with Google core SEO topics, from RankBrain being announced to the new hacked sites algorithm... - Google: Don't Build Apps Just For Ranking Boost
The first ever Google mobile friendly ranking boost launched before April 21, 2015, it was launched back when it was announced for apps that used app indexing. Apps that had deployed any app indexing received a ranking boost... - YouTube Fixed Their Canonical URLs Resolving Major SEO Issues
A couple weeks ago, we covered how YouTube's canonicals sent a reverse message when compared to their set up 301 redirects... - Moz Needs SEO Help & Goes To Google Forums For It
I love it when I spot big brands go into the Google support forums seeking SEO help, but it is incredibly rare to see big SEO brands do that. Moz did just that... - Google Places API Drops Google+ URLs For Business Listings
Yet more signs of Google dropping more and more Google+ footprints. The Google Places API Web Service has dropped the Google+ URLs to business listings and now only shows the Google Maps URL for the place listing... - YouTube Rocket Ship
Here is a picture at the YouTube Space London UK offices of a cardboard rocket ship at the Google office. Daniel Waisberg of the Google Analytics team in London snapped the picture and posted it on Go
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Business Forum: Moving to New Google Advertiser Community & New Platform, localsearchforum.com
- Google: EU Antitrust Fine is "Inappropriate", WebmasterWorld
- Twitter Ditches "Favorites" And Introduces "Likes", WebmasterWorld
- Google detect footprints and ban proxies. How do you scrape these days?, blackhatworld.com