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 Birthday Update: Google Confirms Small Algorithm Update On September 27th
On Friday we reported on a possible Google update that touched down on September 27th. Google's Danny Sullivan confirmed on Saturday that Google did do a "smaller" update this past week but would not classify it as a big update like the Medic Update from August 1st. - Google Lens Coming To Google Images
Google announced that they will be bringing Google Lens features directly to the Google Image search results. You will be able to pull up an image in image search, highlight an area of the image... - Can A Site Killed By Google Panda Come Back From The Dead
An SEO said they had to kill off a site because after Google Panda had its way with it, it wasn't earning enough money to maintain it. Now that site owner is asking if he can bring the... - Google Moves Google Posts At Bottom Of Search Results
Google is apparently moving the Google Posts in the knowledge panel down a bit, to the bottom area of the local knowledge panel. This was first spotted by Mike Blumenthal and... - Google Dance Zurich Quick Recap
Mihai Aperghis, an SEO Specialist from Romania, attended the Google Dance in Zurich and has shared with us his recap of the event. Mihai is super active in the SEO community and it is an honor to have him contribute here. - Google Munich Four Tier Birthday Cake
As you know, we showed you many pictures from the Google celebrations on their 20th birthday from the GooglePlex. But how about this four tier birthday cake from the Google. - Programming Note: Offline For Simchat Torah
I will be offline completely for the holiday of Simchas Torah on October 1st and October 2nd, Monday and Tuesday. Any stories published here will be scheduled and written...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- That's called "cross-submission" and may be valid in some cases (eg, sitemap submission via robots.txt on the other site, or submitted in a shared search console account).… https://t.co/VkjyHEYovy, John Mueller on Twitter
- @rustybrick Have you seen cart total showing up on site links?…, Jim Carrington on Twitter
- Android 8.0 for mobile, WebmasterWorld
- Google Job Postings (based on #schema.org/JobPosting) expand to the Middle East and North Africa, with 15 more countries now eligible for these enriched search results https://t.co/iHiLRGLX1N… https://t.co/BRL6WWFtQT, Aaron Bradley on Twitter
- Microsoft Says Support for Skype 7.0 "Classic" Going Away November 1, WebmasterWorld
Note: This story was pre-written and scheduled to be posted now, I am currently offline for a holiday.
