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: AMP & Desktop But No Mobile, Mobile-First Index Picks Desktop Version
Google's Maile Ohye and then confirmed by Gary Illyes of Google said that if you have a desktop site but no mobile version, but you do have AMP versions - in the mobile-first index world, Google will include the desktop version in their mobile-first index, not the AMP version... - New: Google Search Analytics Report Filter Between Rich Result & Normal Results
The Google Search Console team added a new feature to the Search Analytics report, under the Search Appearance tab to filter your AMP results by rich results versus normal results. Previously, that filter only showed the rich results data, i.e. the top news carousel... - Google Recipes Markup Guidelines Now Says Use AMP HTML
Another one spotted by Aaron Bradley and posted on Google+ was that Google updated the guidelines around recipes markup to say you should use AMP HTML... - Google Local Restaurant Lists Rich Cards Markup
Aaron Bradley posted on Google+ a new beta feature around structured markup Google is now testing in the search results. In short... - New Google AdSense Interface Now The Default Interface
About a month ago, we reported that the new Google Adsense interface was rolling out but back then, you had to opt in to it... - The SEO Bobbleheads
Speakers at the State of Search conference this week got some cute presents, they got their very own bobbleheads. Here is a picture from Silver Smith on Facebook of some of those bobbleheads alltoget
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @gloddy will work with iMessage team to properly attribute redirects (like FB&Tw). Meanwhile we'll look at adding origin to start of title., Malte Ubl on Twitter
- Keeping Up With Penguin 4.0, BlackHatWorld
- still on leave from Google and at the US Digital Service, Matt Cutts on Twitter