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:
- Hallelujah! Google Search Console Adds A Years Worth Of Data On Beta
Google has released a years worth of data in Google Search Console - well the beta version. If you have access to the beta version of Google Search Console and go to... - Google Now Recommends Longer Meta Descriptions For New Longer Snippets
Last week, Google confirmed they are rolling out longer search snippets but they also said via Danny Sullivan that you do not need to, nor should you... - Google Finally Updates The SEO Starter Guide After Several Years
Google has finally updated their SEO starter guide after first publishing it several years ago and only updating it once in 2012. Google did recently say the old one is still relevant but promised to update the guide for mobile and markup details... - Google's 2017 Inspirational Year In Search Review: It's All About How
This morning Google published their annual year in search review, showing the world what the most popular search trends were for the 2017 year. Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai... - Google Defines Doorway Pages: Pages For Ranking For Keyword Permutations
There is often a lot of confusion around what a doorway page is and since it is specifically against Google's very own guidelines... - Bill Slawski - 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. Bill Slawski lives in Carlsbad, California, which is in San Diego County. Bill is known for sharing so much knowledge for well over a decade, heck... - Bing Bean Bag Chair
You think only Google has bean bag chairs in their office. Oh no, that is not true. Bing, Microsoft's search engine, also has their own branded Bing bean bag chairs. Here is a photo of someone from Ad
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- We’re introducing an easier way to Tweet a thread! 👇 https://t.co/L1HBgShiBR, Twitter on Twitter
- Common Hacked Type 3: The Japanese keywords hack typically creates new pages ..., Google+ - Google Webmasters
- ICYMI: Apple is now apparently *recommending* PWAs (instead of templated native apps) for small business applications. Yes, it says *Apple* 🧐🤯 I need a “double take” emoji. http, Emily Grossman on Twitter
- See? This is why search is hard. Suddenly you're all like "New York Times needle!" and we're like, "Um, what needle?" S'OK, the tweet box in… https://t.co/CRbbyzP7Tt, Danny Sullivan on Twitter