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 Tweaking Top Stories Algorithm To Filter Out Fake News?
It looks like Google is or has worked on tweaking the top stories algorithm to filter out fake news sites, or rather, promote higher quality news sites from showing in that box. This is around... - Google Search Console Changes "Submit To Index" To "Request Indexing"
Google has changed the Search Console feature from "submit to index" to "request indexing" within the Fetch as Google feature. This is actually a week or so old but... - Google AdSense Publishers React To Fake News Ban
I am sure you have all heard about the news around Facebook, Google and others cracking down on fake news distribution and monetization. Mid-November, shortly after... - Google My Business Chat With Customers Test
Google is now testing a new feature in the Google My Business area that lets customers initiate a chat with your business from your local listing in Google search or... - Google Testing New Local Finder With Better Graphics
Google is testing a new look for the local finder, one that is way more graphical. This was spotted by Sergey Alakov, he posted the screen shots on ... - Google Goggles
Claudia Cascalisci posted a photo of real Google goggles. You can see they are not just in the Googley colors but also have the new Google logo on them. They look like goggles ...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- "Know this place?" in KP. New? Looks familiar. cc:@mblumenthal @rustybrick https://t.co/M1bFADYmLU, Sergey Alakov on Twitter
- @dr_pete yeah, it's fixed. Some remnants you might still find here and there waiting reprocessing though @seokai @CyrusShepard, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- Google limiting the exact match content search to 32 Words. Message displayed on SERP. https://t.co/2CdcC0FFP8, Dhairya Bagga on Twitter
- Why Some Queries in GA appears like Example1 - "keyword" "Keyword" Example 2 - "keyword" @rustybrick @JohnMu https://t.co/wl1zwvhUmx, Jenifersoflous on Twitter
