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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google EMD Hunt, ProtonMail Bug, AMP, Wix & Shabbat
This week in search, I covered that Google may be prepping for their next EMD, exact match domain... - Google On The Hunt For Spammy Exact Match Domains (EMDs)
Google's Gary Illyes said this morning that he is "hunting" for spammy EMDs, exact match domains... - Shabbat Observers & The Google Interstitials Mobile Penalty
As you all know, on January 10, 2017, Google is releasing their intrusive interstitial mobile penalty - where if your site loads an interstitial that is super annoying and gets in the way of using your mobile site... - Google AMP Search Results Snippet Banner - Lightning-Fast Experience
Jon Hogg posted on Twitter a screen shot of Google once again promoting AMP in the search results. This one places a very bold blue banner across the bottom of the search result snippet of an AMP powered search result in Google. The banner reads "AMP delivers a lightening-fast experience... - Google Happy Black Friday Cake
I spotted this photo on Instagram, of a cake that reads "Happy Black Friday from Google!" The photo was from Lorna Marie Graham in London. I am not sure if Google sent her this cake, if she works at - Thanksgiving 2016 Google Logo & Bing Turkey Design Theme
Happy Thanksgiving to all you Americans out there - it is one of my favorite holidays...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- How do Google treat Shared SSL's?, WebmasterWorld
- @pelogia @gfiorelli1 @aleyda I don't know what to look for in that screenshot. Also keep in mind that we ignore tons of links, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- Google Sends Journalists Warnings Their Account is Under Attack, WebmasterWorld
- Hi @patrickstox , nice article at https://t.co/ZColbbNWlK , some inaccuracies though. For example, we now can't crawl your site at all. Oops, John Mueller on Twitter
- Hi everyone! As a reminder, our response times may be delayed as our support team enjoys Thanksgiving. Normal hours will resume on Monday., Google AdWords on Twitter
- What It Means to Be A Google Top Contributor or Rising Star Google’s presti..., Google+ - Steady Demand