Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2015

Sep 30, 2015 - 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: We Are Still Experimenting With Mobile Only Index
    Gary Illyes from Google put down a pretty interesting tweet on Twitter saying that Google is still working on a mobile only index even though right now they only have a desktop index...
  • Google My Business Updates Navigation Elements
    Marissa Nordahl from Google announced in a Google Business Help thread that they have updated the navigational elements within the Google My Business section...
  • Google First Click Free Program Adapts For Multiple Device World
    John Mueller from Google announced on the Google Webmaster blog that Google has made the first big change to the first click free program since 2009. Now, instead of allowing 5 articles for free, Google is dropping that to only 3 articles for free...
  • Google News No Longer Requires 3 Digits In Your URLs
    For as long as I can remember, Google News publishers needed to have 3 digits in their URLs in order to be included in the Google News Index. There was an exception to the rule, but overall to be indexed and accepted into the Google News index...
  • A Panda Plate
    Google's Gary Illyes was showing off his new dinnerware set the other day on Twitter. Yep, as you guessed, Pandas. He posted the picture showing off the Panda plate next to the Pope book.

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