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: Don't Redirect By IP Location
Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that is not always the best cast to redirect users (or bots) by the location of the IP address of that user or bot. He said it can often not only "break indexing" but also "frustrate users." As you know, most of the time... - Google: We Rank /page & /page.html Separately If Content Is Different
As many of you know, since you are advanced technical SEOs, /page and /page.html technically are different URLs and different pages. But often, web servers are configured to make the page the same, so if you go to /page or /page... - Google Releases Google Earth Pro: Google Earth Free To Upgrade
Google announced in the Google Maps Help forums that they have finally released Google Earth Pro 7.3.0 for Mac, Windows and Linux. With this release... - Google Local Panel With Other Locations For Businesses
Sergey Alakov posted a screen shot on Twitter of the local panel showing other locations available for a specific restaurant. Often... - Dog At Google Desk
Here is a photo I spotted on Instagram from the Google office where a dog is sitting in an office chair at a desk by a computer. The dog clearly knows someone is taking a picture of it, so takes a pa
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @jasonmun The slower your server, the less we crawl. 4+ seconds to download a HTML page (not for rendering) is extremely long (fyi @dawnieando ), John Mueller on Twitter
- @pratikjoshi2009 You must explain your magic trick how you can make rankings static :). That seems unlikely to work in practice.., John Mueller on Twitter
- Congrats to the graduates of our first Google Brain Residency class, and welc..., Google+ - Jeff Dean
- Craft messaging that focuses on user needs and benefits. Learn more: https://..., Google+ - Google Ads
- In case you missed it: you can now serve English language ads in the French and German market https://t.co/ed7k3H2ivw #SEM #marketing https://t.co/IJOiemIGoX, Bing Ads on Twitter
- Twitter Adds Advanced Filter Settings With Better Mute Controls, WebmasterWorld
