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 Confirms Fred, Mobile First Hold Up & Google Spammers
This week in search, we covered how Google practically just confirmed the Fred update at SMX. Google explained that those Phantom updates are basically core algorithm... - Google May Have Confirmed The Fred Algorithm Update
Yesterday, during the AMA with Google session at SMX West, Google's Gary Illyes may have confirmed the Fred algorithm update that targeted low value content on March 7th/8th... - Google Tests Larger Product Listing Shopping Ads
Google is testing larger images for their product listing ads, shopping ads, in the Google search results. Ramesh Singh shared a screen shot with me on Twitter showing the before and after with these ads... - Advertisers Continue To Drop Google Ads Even After Google Makes Changes
The other day, I reported that Google added ad placement controls for advertisers to help prevent their ads from showing up on hateful, offensive and derogatory content sites. But I guess those assurances were not enough for some of the bigger U.S... - Google On How They Index & Rank 360° Images
Google's John Mueller was asked about how Google indexes and ranks images that are in 360° format... - Google Aquarium Bathtub Room
No joke, according to Ben Johnson Interiors, Google's new Munich office has a room designed to relax their engineers. Specifically, a dark room with aquariums and bathtubs. I guess Googlers sit in t
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @rustybrick ICYMI I'm not dead either. :P, John Mueller on Twitter
- @JosueGio I'm not on the webspam team, so I don't see these. Sounds like you're on the right track though!, John Mueller on Twitter
- @mdsaude totally up to you. some sites paginate, some sites only index the best comments, some sites just index them all on a single page., John Mueller on Twitter
- @vivek_seo @sewatch @methode If you're asking which setup is best, I'd recommend responsive design instead., John Mueller on Twitter
- DYK the rel-canonical is a hint, not a directive? It's a very strong hint, but it may still be outweighed by other signals https://t.co/Aqkg4HmfnF, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- Twitter considers enhanced version of TweetDeck for professionals, WebmasterWorld
- U.S. Senate Says ISPs Can Share Your Browsing History Without Permission, WebmasterWorld
