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: Mobile First Index Is Not Yet Live
With all the Google shuffles recently in December, as I covered in the Google updates category, some SEOs and webmasters believe that Google has pushed out their mobile first index fully... - Google Search Console Notifications: Nonsecure Collection Of Passwords In Chrome
Google is now sending mass messages via the Google Search Console about making sure your login box is served over HTTPS. Many sites have logins on HTTP, non secure pages... - How To Join The Last Google Webmaster Hangout Of The Year
As you all know, I do try to join as many Google webmaster hangouts as possible live. But I always make an effort to listen to them after the fact as well... - Google: We Have No Web Site Page Quota & Do Not Throttle Traffic
Yesterday I covered a thread at WebmasterWorld asking if Does Google Limit Traffic To Your Web Site... - Google: Site Removal Tool Won't Speed Up Site Migrations
It seems counterintuitive to me to use a site removal feature in the Google Search Console when migrating a site from domain A to domain B. But one SEO asked if it would help in a Google Webmaster Help thread. The answer is obviously no... - SEO's 8 Bit Menorah
Here is a photo from Melissa Poop of her 8-bit menorah at her office. She is a content strategist at Altitude SEO. She shared the photo with me on Twitter. They bought the menorah at ThinkGeek but
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Update Will Let Users Book Fitness Classes Directly Through Maps, Search - Geo, localsearchforum.com
- An answer to "Searching for the place where things should be..." Enjoy!, Google+ - Dan Russell
- Firefox will support Windows XP and Vista until September 2017, WebmasterWorld
- Hohoho! Happy Holidays! #NoHacked is back for festive season! We want to make..., Google+ - Google Webmasters
- Raspberry Pi Releases Experimental Version of Pixel for PCs and Mac OS, WebmasterWorld