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 Updated Their Algorithm For "Did The Holocaust Happen?" Controversy?
Over the past week or so, Google has been getting some heat around various anti semitic and racist sites ranking well in their search results. One of those queries getting a ton of attention is [did the holocaust happen]... - Google Actively Working On Adding A Year Of Search Analytics Data To Search Console
Since 2013 we've been hearing Google may extend the search analytics query data from 90 days of data to a full year... - Google Changes Search Console Report "Update" Line To "Note"
I cannot tell you how many times people emailed me or pinged me on social when they saw the Google Search Console reports say "update" in them. They thought Google confirmed some sort of algorithmic update and the update line in the reports was proof... - Google Search Console AMP Reports Differentiate Between Critical & Non-Critical Issues
Google launched a small update for the AMP reports in the Google Search Console yesterday where they now differentiate between critical and non-critical issues with your AMP pages. Critical issues would "prevent your page from being served with AMP-related features on Search... - First Day Of Winter Logos From Google, Dogpile, Bing & Others
Today is the first day of Winter and with it being under 20 degrees here in New York, it does feel like winter. Google, Bing, Dogpile and others have special logos and themes up on their site for the first day of winter. Above is the animated Google logo... - The Google Bar
Here is a photo of the Google Bar. Well, it seems it was for a holiday party that Google held in the New York area. The photo was taken at the Hilton and Seung Hyuni said that Google took over the pl
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- My story on why AMP might be faster if Google didn't get in the way. Might make publishers & users happier, too. https://t.co/8twQo8s0w5 https://t.co/qpXr2TYJMY, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
- Good piece by @dannysullivan on offensive search suggestions and results, describing some of Google's balancing act in these areas. https://t.co/PdEQmcaoML, Paul Haahr on Twitter
- Baiduspider Crawl Ranges, WebmasterWorld
- Facebook Account Kit for Developers Now has Instant User Verification, WebmasterWorld
- Facebook Adds Group Video Chat for up to Six People on Messenger, WebmasterWorld
- Methbot: Russian botnet, WebmasterWorld
