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:
- Google: Your SEO Spam May Come To Bite You Years Later
In the Friday Google webmaster hangout on Google+ John once again addressed Thumbtack quick reversal of the manual action and added that it is often the case that many large and big brands do have manual action issues as well as algorithmic issues they have to deal with for a long time... - Emojis No Longer In Google's Desktop & Mobile Search Results
As expected, Google has finally dropped the Emoji characters from displaying in the Google search results. Although it took them several more weeks than expected... - Marketers: Google Trends Now Real-Time With Story Data & Github Support
Last week, Google announced a major update to Google Trends. Google Trends should be a tool most SEMs are using on a daily basis, but now, they may want to use it on a minute-by-minute basis, being that the data is now updating that often... - Google Answers: JavaScript Issues With Too Short/Sweet Answers
Here is another fun Google Answer, this one is spotted by Eric Enge and posted on Google+. A search for [how to change an air filter] responds with the main answer in bold at the top... - Google To Honor "Revenge Porn" Removal Requests, Like Other Sensitive Removal Requests
On Friday, Amit Singhal, the head of Google Search (we know him as the boss of Matt Cutts back in the day)... - Google New York City Maps Bus
The Google Maps bus which is on tour across the US and Europe stopped by Google's Manhattan office last week. Here is the "code the road" bus promotion the Google Maps APIs and hacks. Gregor J. Roth
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Do We Want A Google Panda Refresh Or Do We Not?, WebmasterWorld
- Any Big update today?, blackhatworld.com
- Mobile Advertising - Bids, Call-only and more (Session 1) - Google+, Google+ Google Ads
