Daily Search Forum Recap: February 21, 2017

Feb 21, 2017 - 4:00 pm 0 by

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:

  • February 7th May Have Been A Google Phantom Update
    As you know, we were by far the first to break the news on the February 7th Google update that seemed really big so big that I actually asked Google to confirm it which they said no comment. And when Google gives a no comment...
  • Black Hat Forums Argue About Value Of PBNs
    A thread at Black Hat World, a public black hat forum, is having a discussion about the value of PBNs, public blog networks...
  • Google Tests New Format For Related Searches
    Several folks are tweeting about a new user interface Google is testing for related searches. We have posts on Twitter from @seorakeshsingh and @RankRanger with screen shots of this new related search interface...
  • Google: We Typically Help In Forums Only When We Have To
    Gary Illyes from Google, a webmaster trends analysts whose job is to help webmasters with communication, said on Twitter that typically, but not always, Google employees only help or step into the forums when they need to. @PabloMktOnline yeah...
  • Google Cigar Box Guitar
    Here is a photo I found on Instagram from Ray Riordan of a cigar box guitar with Google branding. He said he built it to raffle off at the Tribune/SanLuisObispo "Google comes to SLO" event today. He

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