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: 404 Pages Can Have Sneezing Pandas, Dancing Cats & Whatever You Want
Google's John Mueller said you can do whatever you want on your 404, page not found pages. He said that includes placing a noindex on it or even better, dancing cats, sneezing pandas, poems... - Almost Real-Time Google Featured Snippets
Google's featured snippet feature, where it shows a large block of text scrapped from a third-party site... - Google Winter Logo Not In The U.S.
The winter Google logo, aka Doodle, for the first day of winter in the United States is not on Google.com. It is in Canada, Mexico, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, Japan and even Kazakhstan but not the United States of America. I am not sure why... - Google.com/ncr (No Country Redirect) Not Working For Some
Google's No Country Redirect, where you can visit google.com instead of your local Google site at google.com/ncr is not working for some users outside of the US. - Google Self Driving Car Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Google's Self Driving Car Project posted on their Google+ channel a picture of their car all decked out as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Well, at least an illustration of it. The self driving car
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Keywrods Tip 8: Extend your reach to users that aren’t on Google.com by…, Google+ - Google Ads
- Last Week in the AdWords Community (Dec. 15-21), The Google Advertiser Community
- The work life of a Google Doodler. What it's really like to be a Doodler…, Google+ - Life at Google
- @ChrisTheMacMan no, the search results are constantly being updated automatically, so rankings will change too., John Mueller on Twitter
- Google Pairs With Ford To Build Self-Driving Cars, WebmasterWorld
- Infinite Scroll with "Load More" linking to Pagination?, WebmasterWorld
