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:
- Tip Of The Day: Don't Sell Links To Googlers
For the life of me, I don't get how lazy some of these spammers or link sellers are. Why would you email someone at an @google email address or someone who is a known search quality representative that you are selling links... - Google: Site In In One Language? No Need To Use hreflang.
The purpose of hreflang is to communicate to Google how they can access different language/region variations of a web page. If your page is only in one language, then there is no need to use hreflang... - Google Hotel Pack Now Shows Number Of Results
Google is now showing the number of hotel listings available in the local pack for your searches at the bottom, where it use to say "more hotels... - Google: Use 503 Status Code Only For Hours, Not Weeks
A 503 Service Unavailable server status code is to be used when the server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server... - Google Very Pink Hallway
This is a hallway in the Google Paris office and it is lit up in pink, pink, pink. Extreme pink. Reminds me of the book some of my kids like to read, Pinkalicious. Well, it looks like this room has
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google AdWords Class Action Settlement, WebmasterWorld
- @aecms You don't need to do the whole site in the same style -- do what makes sense per piece of content., John Mueller on Twitter
- A different and unusual Challenge for this week--can you find a shady seat at..., Google+ - Dan Russell
- Upgrade to HTTPS - Absolute vs. Relative Links?, WebmasterWorld
