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:
- Vlog #13: Joy Hawkins On Local Ranking Factors, Google Maps & Local SEO
In episode #13 of the vlog series at the Search Engine Roundtable I interviewed Joy Hawkins (@JoyanneHawkins). Joy Hawkins been doing local SEO for over 13 years, all local... - Google Confirms Featured Snippets Anchors & Highlights Feature On Desktop
On Friday we reported that Google was testing an AMP feature on desktop without AMP. This feature will take a searcher from a click on a featured snippet to that web site, anchor that user down to the appropriate text and highlight that text. - Google: Web Site Traffic Is Not A Ranking Factor
Want some pure myth busting from Google? Well, here it is. Google's official Google Webmaster Twitter account said "traffic to a website isn't a ranking factor." This is in response to an SEO asking if it is. - Moving To A New Domain To Escape A Google Penalty Might Not Work Says Google
This isn't exactly new, news - I covered this in 2014, but with the news around Dejan getting hit badly by a manual action, his plan is to move to a new domain and not redirect the old domain to the new. But John Mueller from Google rained on his parade, if you can call it a parade, by saying Google will find you. - Google Wizard of Oz Easter Egg
When you do a search for [wizard of oz] in Google on desktop or mobile and then click on the the red shoes to make them click three times, a barrel roll happens in the search results and much more. - Martin Splitt Laptop Headbang
Here is a GIF I made from the latest Google webmaster hangout of Google's Martin Splitt taking his laptop and soften doing a headbang with it. It was a question around link juice of course.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @karpidis_int Hi Andreas! In general, 307 is what Chrome shows when a HTTPS site with HSTS is accessed as HTTP -- it's not actually a redirect, it just skips the HTTP version directly. Most sites use 301 redirects to inform, Google Webmasters on Twitter
- Baidu stock surges despite 62% profit drop, WebmasterWorld
- You seem to be loading the video via an iframe from a page with a robots noindex block on it, which I imagine is making it difficult for us to determine what title to show for it. You might try other ways of embeddi, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- TMAI #177: Smart Analytics Suggestions, 3., Mad Mimi
- Data Studio Showdown: Dashboards vs Reports, PPC Hero
- Navigating the Google Ad Data Transfer for BigQuery, Bounteous
Industry & Business
- Google bans political discussion on internal mailing lists, CNBC
- Report: Google has dropped to number three for smart speaker shipments, Android Authority
Links & Promotion Building
- 6 Link Building Opportunities That Big Brands Often Miss, Search Engine Journal
Local & Maps
- Google Local Testing Splitting CTA's From Main Business Profile on Mobile, Mike Blumenthal
- Google Maps fake locations are very satisfying to find and make., Slate
- Google Maps in Android Auto adds some helpful new buttons, Android Police
Mobile & Voice
SEO
- How Google may do Query Rewriting by Looking at a Searcher's Prior Queries, Go Fish Digital
- Lead Volume vs. Lead Quality By RuthBurrReedy, Moz
PPC
- Restricting Payments account usage across manager account hierarchies, Google Ads Developer Blog
- What to Do When your Campaign is Limited by Budget, Seer Interactive
Search Features
