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: Sites Not Ready For Mobile First Indexing Not Being Moved Yet
There isn't much new yet with the mobile first index at Google outside of what I reported out of SMX East but at PubCon yesterday... - Google Tests PDF & File Type Label In Search Results Snippets
Google seems to be testing a file type label in the search results snippets. Sergio Redondo posted a screen shot on Twitter of him being shown a PDF label icon in the Google search results on a snippet... - New Google My Business Selection Attributes For Business Descriptions
Google quietly announced on the new features page that they now support what they call "selection attributes." Selection attributes require selection of exactly one of several predefined choices... - Google AdSense Ad Balance Tool Officially Back For Good
Earlier this year, Google AdSense launched the Ad Balance tool which let publishers use controls, a slider, to help you reduce the number of ads you show to users, specifically the ads that earn you the least revenue, and see how it affects your earnings... - Brett Tabke Buys WebmasterWorld Back After 5 Years
About five years ago, Jim Boykin as his company, acquired WebmasterWorld forums, DevShed properties, Cre8asite and a bunch of other properties. Well, five years later, Brett Tabke, the founder of WebmasterWorld, has bought it back from Jim Boykin... - Get A Google Promotion With Face Printed Balloon
There is absolutely no better way to celebrate a promotion in a company like Google than to get a balloon with your face on it. Of course course the bottle of wine and the promotion itself is nice but
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Does Google Spam lead to Adwords Customers?, WebmasterWorld
- Twitter Rolls Out Tweet Capability to 280 Characters, WebmasterWorld
- Yahoo's ex CEO, Marissa Meyer Testifies to Senate Committee Over Data Breach, WebmasterWorld
