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:
- December 2016 Google Webmaster Report
It was a busy month with lots of nuggets, the biggest news was Google's beginning of their mobile first index. We also saw an unconfirmed Google... - Google: Giving Charity & Donations In Exchange For A Link, Is A Paid Link
Google's John Mueller replied on Twitter about a story on Medium named Making Charity Donations in Exchange for Backlinks: Good SEO or Risky Strategy... - Google Does Try To Reach Out Directly To Webmasters In Trouble
Google's John Mueller posted on Twitter A PSA that you should make sure your website contact forms work. He wrote "if you have a contact form on your website, not receiving any submissions isn't a good sign... - Google Returns Porn For Sexy Black Mom But Not For Sexy White Mom
There is a massive thread in the Google Web Search Help forums that started about a week ago with complaints about how Google's search results are biased and racist. This specifically compares a search in Google Image search for [sexy white mom] vs [sexy black mom]... - Google Updates Us On YouTube's Trending Algorithm
Yesterday, Marissa from the YouTube community team posted in the YouTube Help forums an "update on trending" at YouTube. She said that "we've heard questions from... - A Google Carpet Square
Carpet squares are known to be an economical way to carpet a room but when you start branding them, they become a bit more expensive. Here is a photo of a G, Google logo on a carpet square. Or at lea
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @searchrook @rustybrick fonts are changed in this test too! https://t.co/Tk46Ti8rQV, John Leo Weber on Twitter
- Pissing myself laughing. https://t.co/gnXIKkAtEG, DEJAN on Twitter
- GMB Places listings for *Recruiting* offices, not customer-facing offices?, localsearchforum.com
- Google Deepmind AI Training Platform Source Code Released, WebmasterWorld
- Learn how to use universal app campaigns to drive app installs. Set up a sing..., Google+ - Google Ads
