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:
- 12 Years Covering The Search Industry
12 years doesn't seem that long but when you look back at it, look how much has changed over the years. This site has been around for 12 years today and the basic purpose of the site has not changed... - Google Admits Clicks Impact Your Google My Business Listing Rankings
I believe this is common knowledge in the local SEO world but I don't think I've seen Google come out and say it. Google's Rahul J from the Google My Business team posted in the Google My Business Help forum four ways to help promote your local listing in the Google search results... - Unique: AppleBot Will Listen As If It Is GoogleBot
We covered the AppleBot directives documentation before, back in May. But what I didn't know is that AppleBot is unique in that if you do not make any mention of directives for AppleBot but you do for GoogleBot, it will follow the GoogleBot directives you set up... - Google's Near Parameter Still Lets You See Results By Specific Location
So yesterday, Google stripped away the ability to use the Search Tools options in the user interface to show search results as if you are in a specific location. This upset many many SEOs and webmasters, especially the ones who do SEO outside of the US for US customers... - John Mueller: Vote On The Topic Of Last Google Webmaster Hangouts Of The Year
John Mueller of Google who does the vast majority of the webmaster hangouts, especially the English ones... - Google Panda Nativity Scene In Lobby
So if you go to Google's headquarters, head over to building 43 and enter the lobby, you will see this unusual nativity scene with Panda bears. Of course, some SEOs may think it is to mock SEOs who w
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- HTTP203: HTTP2 HTTP203: +Paul Lewis & +Jake Archibald turn up to a football…, Google+ - Google Developers
- Sometimes it's a good thing to step back and look at the basics. With that in…, Google+ - AdSense
- "The big five": Five useful ways to check your AdSense performance…, Google+ - AdSense
