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: We Do Not Use Time To First Byte For Search Rankings
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that time to first byte, as a page speed metric, is not used at all by Google in search or search rankings. John said "AFAIK we currently don't use TTFB for anything in search/ranking... - Google Adds Donate Button To Google For Nonprofits In Search
Google announced that they have added a "Donate" button to some non profits in their knowledge cards in the search results. The donate button lets searchers quickly give to the charity they searched for... - Direct Link To Write A Google Local Review For Your Business
Do you want to provide an easy way for your customers to quickly drop a review for your business on Google Maps... - View All Google Posts On Desktop
Previously, the only way to see a company's Google Posts, all of them... - New Audiobooks In The Google Book Knowledge Cards
Now if you search on your mobile device for a book, if there is an audio version of that book, let's say on Audible, Google will let you click on that as an option to get the book... - Alan Bleiweiss - The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here. Alan Bleiweiss, who has been in the internet marketing space since the mid-90s, is the next individual we would like to take the time to honor... - Google Brain Light Fixtures
Here is a photo of a game room in the Google Dublin office showing off a pool table, fancy carpet and very interesting light fixture covers/shades. They look like they are in the form of a brain? M
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Expanding Community to creators with over 10,000 subscribers, YouTube Help
- Google now allows third-party job sites to specify hiring company logos A sm..., Google+ - Aaron Bradley
- My son was murdered in Las Vegas, NV 8/19/17 Can you please removed all of this, Google Web Search Help
- It's time to say I am changing course in 2018. But still at @Majestic for most of it., Dixon on Twitter
- St. Andrew's Day Happy ##StAndrewsDay! Today’s very special colouring-in Dood..., Google+ - Google UK
