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: Only Site Owner Can See If They Have A Penalty; Not Third-Party Tools
Google's John Mueller said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that any of those third-party Google penalty checker tools are not valid. In fact... - Gboard Finally Comes To Android As Google Keyboard
Google has finally brought the Gboard which came to iOS six-months ago, to Android devices. It is named Google Keyboard and should replace... - Google: There Is No Google Sandbox
Google's Gary Illyes replied on Twitter to an SEO saying there is no Google Sandbox. The Google Sandbox concept dates back to 2004... - Google My Business Offering Expedited Verification Until Thursday
If you have a business that is based in the United States or Canada and it isn't verified on Google My Business... - Google: Sitemaps Should Contain URLs Of Pages You Want Indexed, Not Variations
Google's John Mueller said in a Google Webmaster Help thread that you should only include the URLs you want Google to index in your sitemap file, not the other variations. This is probably obvious to many of you, but nowadays I what I think is obvious, isn't always obvious to me... - Google Maypole Dancers At Holiday Party
I spotted this photo on Instagram of the LA Follies dancers who performed at a Google holiday party at the Hollywood Roosevelt the other night. They did maypole dancing, which is a form of folk dance
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Facebook Makes a Light Version of Moments For Web Clients, WebmasterWorld
- Facebook Releases 360 Live Video, WebmasterWorld
- Google was keen on 'draining the swamp' in 2013, WebmasterWorld
- How to Protect your AdWords Account | Online Safety, The Google Advertiser Community
- Spam in Analytics, WebmasterWorld
- The Importance of SSL (https:) | Online Safety Ser..., The Google Advertiser Community
