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 Blog Bribes, AJAX, Snippets, Holiday Decorations & 14th Anniversary
This week in search, I posted our monthly Google webmaster report, make sure to check it out. Google responded to the blog bribes story, but to all of us... - Does Google Supports Audiobook Schema?
The other day I reported that Google is officially showing if a book supports audibooks and if so, they will link to the place you can listen to the audibook - typically on Audible... - Google Defends Inaccurate Mount Agung Eruption Search Listings
Google had some inaccurate news stories listed in their top stories section in search when people Googled [agung]. Mount Agung is currently erupting, you can check out the fake photos and videos of it on Twitter if you want or read about it on Wikipedia. The other day, Dr... - Ammon Johns - 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. Ammon Johns, 51 years old... - Google Photosynthesis Logo On Jan Ingenhousz's 287th Birthday
Today on Google's home page is a logo, a Doodle showing off the sun and plants and of course photosynthesis, which Jan Ingenhousz, illustrated in the Doodle... - Google Yoga Pose Synced With Building Lights
We know Google is pretty into their yoga, in fact, they hang posters for it, have classes and also people pose outside of the offices. But here is a photo of a popular Google yoga woman who lined up
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @NoReasonToAct URLs for us are mostly identifiers, some use parameters with IDs, some use words - up to you. On phones people don't see URLs anymore, so it… https://t.co/dld6qDwrhu, John Mueller on Twitter
- If the URL parameters are used in clean "key=value" ways with "?" & "&" as separators, the order doesn't matter for us. Some sites use ";" o… https://t.co/o3k28ciSWA, John Mueller on Twitter
- Do Google check private google sheets?, BlackHatWorld
- Google AdWords Preview Tool SERP color is changed:) @rustybrick https://t.co/Ef2rNw32km, Avinash Murthy on Twitter
- Blog Bribes and Search Engine Penalties, WebmasterWorld
- Google's own images not optimized, WebmasterWorld
- iOS Homekit Zero-Day Vulnerabiltiy to Smart Accessories, WebmasterWorld
