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:
- Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Interstitials, Penguin Droppings, HTTPS, AdWords & More
This week I cover more on the Google mobile interstitial ad penalty. I also discuss cases of Google Penguin 4.0 declines in rankings. Google still only uses HTTPS in the URL as the only qualifier for the ranking boost. Google said sitewide ranking scores are current state... - Google: We Don't Have A Website Authority Signal Or Score
Another point Google's John Mueller made in the hangout from earlier this week at the 42:47 mark was that Google does not have a "website authority score." He said "we don't have anything like a website authority score... - Google: We A Bunch Of Original Source Detection Algorithms
Google's John Mueller said in the webmaster hangout this morning at the 2:40 mark that Google has a "bunch" of algorithms that try to recognize and detect the original source of the content and thus boost that content accordingly... - Google AdWords Launches Affiliate Location Extensions
We saw signs of this coming a couple days ago and now it is official. Google announced on Google+ that they are launching affiliate location extensions in the US... - Google AdWords To Show All Shared Reports Within Account By Default
Google announced on Google+ that they are changing the behavior of the reporting section within AdWords to show all shared reports under the account to all users by default. Google said... - Google Hot Coffee Cup Sleeve
Annabel Riley snapped a picture of her coffee cup sleeve, which has the Google logo on it with the address 145-149 Tottenham Court Road, which is somewhere in London. It actually is at the Google shop
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Knowledge Graph Profile Picture Stuck on a Dumb Image, localsearchforum.com
- Massive drop in image traffic after site redesign, How to redirect image traffic?, WebmasterWorld
- Nextdoor now has business profiles, localsearchforum.com
- Penguin 4.0 is still rolling?, BlackHatWorld
- Anyone Still Doing Rank & Rent SEO in 2016?, BlackHatWorld
- Facebook wants you to buy movie tickets and order pizza from its app, localsearchforum.com
