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:
- Is Google Testing The Penguin 4.0 Algorithm?
I think we are on the verge of seeing Penguin 4.0 launch soon at Google - I think we are just about there. I know, I know, it's been a while... - Google Posts Live Webmaster Hangouts Schedule
People ask me all the time to ask Google questions on their live hangouts. I cover a lot of the hangouts, a lot of what John Mueller and friends say but I honestly do not ask that many questions. I don't ask the questions because I feel bad hogging the hangouts... - Google Employees Do Get PR Training For Webmaster Outreach
Yesterday, I did a one-on-one interview with former Google spam fighter, Murat Yatagan, on Google+. Murat hasn't worked at Google in about a year, but he was very involved in spam fighting and webmaster outreach... - Google: Alt Tags Should Be In The Language Of The Content Of The Page (Localized Alt Tags)
John Mueller of Google answered a question in StackExchange on localization of content. In short, he said you should probably localize all the content on the page, including the alternative text for images... - Google Doodle For First Modern Olympic Games On Its 120th Anniversary
On Google's home page today, on Google.com, is a special Google logo, aka Doodle for the 120th anniversary of the first modern olympic games. Today , a 120 years ago was the first modern Olympic games. It started in Athens... - Google Mexico Has Trunk Masks
Ricardo Blanco from Google shared a picture on Google+ of him wearing a fury mask with a trunk. The cool part, it has some nice sunglasses on them. I guess it was some sort of office prank. He said
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Learn what your customers like based on the performance of your ad extensions.…, Google+ - Google Ads
- This week, Reminders in Google Calendar come to the web goo.gl/JgHsR6 , Google+ - Gmail
- You have quite a few choices to make when creating a new AdWords campaign, but…, Google+ - Google Ads
- Get Started Here: #MobileMonday Hub, The Google Advertiser Community
- Microsoft Building Several Different AI Chat Bots, WebmasterWorld
- This presentation says mobile has taken over the web. When I use websites on a…, Google+ - John Mueller
- Twitter Adds Private Tweet Sharing on Android and iOS, WebmasterWorld
