Daily Search Forum Recap: October 4, 2013

Oct 4, 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:

  • Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 4, 2013
    Bit of a crazy week with SMX and all the major announcements to catch up on. Google announced they rewrote their search algorithm to make it faster and more precise, nicknamed it Hummingbird. However...
  • Google Now Integrated With Knowledge Graph
    Part of the big Google announcement from the other week was a better and smarter knowledge graph...
  • Official But Temporary Google Glass Distribution
    Timothy Jordan from Google announced on Google+ that Glass developers can now get their Glass Apps, i.e. Glassware, published officially on the MyGlass page...
  • Google Mobile Ping Attribute Speeds Up Mobile Search By 400 Milliseconds
    Ilya Grigorik, a Google Developer Advocate, specifically working on making the web faster, announced quietly on Google+ that they just launched a new feature that will make mobile search faster by 200-400 milliseconds...
  • Google: Server Location Mostly Irrelevant For SEO
    One of the SEO tips given by many professionals is to make sure to host your web site in the country you want it to rank in. The truth is, it isn't that important and may be irrelevant in many cases, Google said...
  • Google's Stopwatch Stops Ticking
    In August, Google launched a stopwatch like feature where you can search for [set timer for X] and Google would launch a stopwatch timer. This feature has stopped working. It use to work somewhat like this, as I captured in our animated GIF...
  • Android Mini Golf
    Avinash Kaushik, from Google, posted a picture of a miniature golf area at Google. This one looks Android like. He said this is how Googlers play golf, on an "Android course." Adding Makes sense, ri

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