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:
- Stephen Hawking Memorial Link On Google Home Page Goes To Google UK?
Many of you are probably aware of the passing of Stephen Hawking yesterday. It is all over the news and Stephen Hawking was an instrumental figure to the whole world. You can read about his contributions and life at the NY Times or in hundreds of other publications... - You Can Edit Your Business Description In Google My Business, Again...
Google is bringing back the feature to edit your business description for your local listings. Back in 2016, Google removed the feature but now people are seeing it coming back into Google My Business and in the local panel... - Bing Search Results Now Showing JSON-LD Support
The other week we reported that Bing added JSON-LD support for schema and markup. Well, now if you look at some of the Bing search results and see the markup... - New Google Search Console Doesn't Default To Mobile Friendly Index
Tuesday, while I was on stage on the mobile-first Google panel I heard a rumor that Google's Gary Illyes may have said that the new Google Search Console shows data only ... - Google Won't Say If AMP Web Standards Move Was Triggered From Media Backlash
Last week, Google said they are going to work with the open web standards to bring the benefits of AMP to the web standards. Most of us were thinking this move was done... - Kirk Williams - 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. Kirk Williams is 33 years old, lives in Montana with his family... - Android Totem Poles
At the Google Chile are these Android figurines that are made of one block, they are monolithic, at they look a bit like the style of Totem poles. Juan Guisasola posted the image on Instagram and sai
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Let’s talk about Policy! Episode 1: The role of policy in the ads eco-syste, Google AdSense Help
- Server Down Time Thursday Night (US), WebmasterWorld
- Stephen Hawking dies aged 76, WebmasterWorld
- We can't really help with that from search ... Most servers let you block users with certain attributes, check with your server admins, or find a way to make the traffic useful anyway :)… https://t.co/ULSNElsarK, John Mueller on Twitter
- Yahoo search-bot hits from 72.30/16 (Inktomi), WebmasterWorld
- :Mobile user experience, Europe (2018)…, Sean Percival on Twitter
