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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Update, AMP Penalties, Disavow Links, Larry Page Hates Manual Actions & Firefox
This week we are tracking an ongoing Google algorithm search update that Google wonât comment on. Google said they will start penalizing AMP pages that donât have the same content as their non-AMP canonical version... - Google To Penalize AMP Pages Showing Partial Teaser Content
Google announced they will start taking punitive action against AMP pages that show teaser or partial content, with a link to see the full content on the main non-AMP page... - GS1 Web Markup Has No Ranking Benefit In Google
Google has said time and time again that structured data, markup, schema, etc does not help you rank better in Google, all it does it help Google markup the search results with richer details for your snippets... - Gary Illyes Of Google: Larry Page Does Not Believe In Manual Actions
One thing that Gary Illyes of Google said at SMX East a few weeks ago that did not drive much attention, but a note I wrote down while on the stage with him was that the co-founder of Google, Larry Page... - Google: It Doesn't Take Much To Outrank Low Quality Web Sites
Sometimes I look at John Mueller's responses on Twitter and think, no no that is too obvious. A recent one the Google Webmaster Trends Analyst posted on Twitter said "when a site is low quality, it doesn't take much to out-rank it... - Pretty Google Singapore Outdoor Terrace
Caesar Sengupta posted on Twitter a picture of one of the terraces at the Google Singapore office. Ain't it pretty? He said the office is beautiful. We're so fortunate to have such a great workplace
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google ranking changes, It's not always your actions, WebmasterWorld
- @JefVanGool You can't rank below 1000 :), so that's the theoretical limit., John Mueller on Twitter
- Report: FCC Head Plans to Overturn U.S. Net Neutrality Rules, WebmasterWorld
- Tongue in cheek look at ranking factor reports. I do find industry tool's ranking factor reports mostly useful. Just need to also use own… https://t.co/539bt7DzN4, Dawn Anderson on Twitter
- What are the steps to get onto the Webmaster Forums to speak with John?, Google Webmaster Help
