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:
- Small Google Update Yesterday? Webmasters Reporting Positive Traffic Signals.
I highly doubt Google did any quality update yesterday, as they said updates like Penguin aren't happening until next year but with core search algorithms... - Google: Links Activated By On Hover Action Are Invisibile To GoogleBot
Google's John Mueller said in a Google Hangout yesterday that if you deploy an on-hover event that will turn text on your web page into links, GoogleBot most likely won't see those as links... - Google: You Can Remove Mass Links From Your Disavow File
Earlier this month, we reported a case of someone removing all their links from their disavow file and then saying they saw a huge ranking benefit from doing so. Of course, there may have been other variables in that case, but still... - Google: You Can Cloaking Your XML Sitemap Files
Google's John Mueller in a long Google Hangout yesterday said that it is not problematic to cloak your XML sitemap file to search engines. The reason is, the XML Sitemap files are meant to only be seen by search engines and not users... - GoogleBot Treats 307 Redirects As 301s?
Over a year ago, we covered a topic that is rare, 307 redirects when it goes over HSTS, HTTP Strict Transport Security. When we migrated this site over to HTTPS... - Google Self Driving Car All Lit Up
Brian Kuhn from Google posted a picture on Google+ some time ago of him spotting a Google Self Driving Car driving along, but this one was all lit up and looked incredibly happy and fun. He said "I'v
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Obvious Link Purchases Still Credited in SERPs, WebmasterWorld
- Adsense is a dead horse in most cases, WebmasterWorld
- Google Now alarm setting error bug, Google Web Search Help
