Daily Search Forum Recap: July 30, 2018

Jul 30, 2018 • 4:00 pm | comments

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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 Assistant Smart Displays For Viewing, Not Just Listening
Last week, Google introduced smart display support for the Google Assistant. This enables you to not hear responses from the Google Assistant, but also see them. Plus, there is a developer API.
Google: Clear Content Structure Helps But If Done Wrong, Won't Hurt
Here is John Mueller from Google saying that if you have your content structure out of order, it won't hurt you but having it in order can help you. This advice does seem a bit contradictory.
Google Search Quality Suffering From PDF Spam? Let Them Know.
Recently I've been seeing more and more complaints about PDF spam showing up in Google search. Google asked that if you see these cases, to let them know so they can investigate.
Trump Idiot Googlebomb Fixed?
It looks like Google has fixed the issue with the Googlebomb around searching for idiot in image search results. Donald Trump no longer comes up as often as a week or two ago.
Reminder: Google Link Operator Is No Longer Supported
This is just a quick reminder that Google has confirmed again that the link operator no longer works in search and is no longer supported by Google. Google ended support a year and a half ago.
Google Has Birdie Wall Art In Stairwell
Looks like somewhere in some stairwell in the Google office is special wall art with birdies all over the place. Corrie Davison shared several photos of this wall art on Instagram. This is at the ma