Daily Search Forum Recap: August 19, 2013

Aug 19, 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 On Why Links Within Webmaster Tools May Or May Not Be Enough
    Back in early June I reported how Google told us that the only links you need are the links in Webmaster Tools for reconsideration request purposes...
  • Google Search Text Previews Test
    Google seems to be testing a new feature where you can hover your mouse cursor over a link in the search results by the URL of the snippet, and it will overlay a text preview and summary of the search result...
  • Google Documents Page Download Time For GoogleBot
    There has always been a lot of talk about page speed and Google rankings. There are several tools that Google has for documenting page speed and improving it. Google even has the features in Google Analytics and had it in Webmaster Tools...
  • Google's Matt Cutts Defends Google's 20% Time
    A hot story at Quartz named Google's "20% time," which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead was all over the internet. Google quickly responded officially that 20% time is still part of the culture at Google...
  • A Harley-Davidson SEO
    Jody Raines, an SEO and social media at WebMarCom, snapped a picture of herself wearing the Search Engine Roundtable t-shirt while she was on her Harley Davidson. Who knew, how many SEOs out there ri

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