Daily Search Forum Recap: August 8, 2013

Aug 8, 2013 - 4:00 pm 0 by

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 Said Webmaster Tools Links Is Enough But It Is Not!
    Two months ago, we quoted a Google search quality representative named Aaseesh as telling us that all the links you need to analyze can be found within Google Webmaster Tools link report. Despite it only being cited as a "sample" of links...
  • Google AdWords Adds More Conversion Reporting Metrics
    Google AdWords has quietly added additional conversion reporting options to the campaigns reporting section. In total...
  • 2013 Local SEO Ranking Factors Released
    David Mihm and the folks at Moz released their 2013 local search ranking factors last night. They polled dozens of local SEO experts on 104 different ranking factors and asked hundreds of questions to come up with this report. You can read the details at moz...
  • Google's Matt Cutts: Don't Worry About Bad Links, Just Disavow Them
    In one of his shortest video responses, Matt Cutts, the head of search spam at Google...
  • Yahoo's Logo Is Changing, As The Company Changes
    Yahoo announced they are changing their logo on September 4th at 9pm PT or midnight of September 5th. The change is a result of Marissa Mayer taking over the company and making huge changes throughout the organization, culture and via acquisitions...
  • Stick 'Em Up! Baby Panda!
    The AFP snapped a picture of a new baby Panda in the Taipei City Zoo and posted it as their photo of the day on their Twitter account. @rameshnair shared it with me and I agree, it makes a great Sear

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