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 Suggests Both SEOs & Developers Are To Blame For Ego Fights
It is well known that when SEOs work with developers and when developers work with SEOs, sometimes often they don't see eye to eye. An SEO might tell the developer to code it one way... - Google: JavaScript Links, If Found, Pass Full Link Signals
Google's John Mueller replied to a question around links found in JavaScript saying that once the link is rendered, Google will treat the link like how they treat any other link. John Mueller said on Twitter "a link is a link... - Google: Links To Images Do Not Help Embedded Page Rank
An SEO asked Google's John Mueller if links to a specific image file will help the page that image is embedded on rank better. So for example, if you link to the image URL above, but not to this specific page where the image is embedded on... - John Mueller Invites Webmasters To Live Google Hangout At GooglePlex
John Mueller, a Google Webmaster Trends Analysts, said on Twitter that he will be at the Google offices in Mountain View, California (for the Top Contributor summit) and because of that, he is inviting local webmasters and SEOs to join him for a special live, in person... - Unusual Google Logo For What Is Pad Thai
I am seeing no historical reference for why Google is showing a Pad Thai Google Doodle today, November 7th... - Google Nautilus Door Lock With Do Not Turn Warning
Only a Google office would (1) put a nautilus door lock on one of their doors and (2) put a sign next to it that you should not turn the lock. Gabe Rodriguez posted this on Twitter saying Wheels are
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- The Google algorithm is like a human. It looks at brand sentiment and online reputation to understand your website better. @methode #SMX, Ari Finkelstein on Twitter
- @IAmJHolzman Seems pretty arbitrary - how is that a signal of relevance? Anyone can buy a domain name for a long time & not use it ... *cough*, John Mueller on Twitter
- @pwatsonwailes You should really be using CSS instead of tables nowadays., John Mueller on Twitter
- Google Earth version 9.2 is now available for iOS!, Google Maps Help
- What Do Seo's Most Want Ux Designers To Know?, Cre8asite Forums
- @TexasVC I was talking about tweets. That's autosuggest. It's one of the other issues we're looking at, that I might explore more later., Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- This is quite annoying (see examples) I don’t understand why @googlewmc spam team doesn’t take manual actions on them cc @rustybrick https://t.co/QXSRp72SpP, Murat Yatagan on Twitter
- We're kicking off the 2017 TC Summit!, The Google Advertiser Community
