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:
- Ranking Vs Indexing: The Google SEO Confusion
Most SEOs know the difference between ranking and indexing, some even know the difference between indexing, ranking and serving search results. If you do not, see the how search works portal designed by Google years ago to help explain that concept... - Google: Do Not Say AMPlify, AMP'd Or AMPed For Google AMP
Since Google launched Accelerated Mobile Pages, i.e. AMP, people have been saying their pages are AMPlify, AMP'd Or AMPed - well, Google doesn't want you to say things like that. Google said using the terms like that will reduce "the strength and recognition of the term... - Ranking In Google By Aligning Content Around Searcher Intent
It has been a while since I heard SEOs talk more in the abstract around how Google is understanding the content on your web pages as a whole, and how that has to align to the searcher intent based on the searcher's query... - What To Do When Your Google Disavow List Is Maxed Out
What happens when your disavow file can't fit anymore URLs and you have no more room to add anymore URLs to the list... - Melanie Mitchell - The Search Community Honors You
This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here... - Google Logo For Carter G. Woodson, First African-American Historian
Today on Google's home page in the United States for the kick off of Black History Month, Google remembers Carter G. Woodson. Carter G. Woodson was one of the first scholars to study African-American history... - Google Prepping For Valentines Day
Here is a photo from Google's main headquarters in Mountain View, California of someone already preparing for Valentines Day at the office. It looks like she made lots of heart shapes in Googlely colo
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @BingAds’ new Audience Segmentation feature makes list performance comparisons a breeze by @ginnymarvin https://t.co/MEK9gCaDEI… https://t.co/adXQ0xfBil, Search Engine Land on Twitter
- Amazon is getting into the Local Search Game...., Local Search Forum
- Bing Ads has a conversion tracking fix for Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention by @ginnymarvin https://t.co/Mp5WEkZ5WQ, Search Engine Land on Twitter
- Facebook Bans Ads For Cryptocurrencies and Financial Products and Services, WebmasterWorld
- Google Took Down Over 700,000 Apps from Google Play in 2017, WebmasterWorld
- GoogleAnalytics add new feature #Audiences , @rustybrick @sejournal @sejournal @Marie_Haynes @aleyda…, Abhishek Budholiya on Twitter
- Importance of the coming EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), WebmasterWorld
- Improved accuracy of views across YouTube, YouTube Help
- The mobile speed update affects only ranking in mobile search results; it's independent of the indexing.… https://t.co/74ZggreTt3, John Mueller on Twitter
- Also, there is no source for pages with a "very high" TTFB.…, John Mueller on Twitter
