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 To Review Some Poor Quality Search Health Results After Medic Update
Google's Danny Sullivan responded to one of the complaints about the quality of the search results after the Google Medic Update (not an official name given by Google) around drugs and supplemental drug searches yielding spammy and broken search results. - Google PageSpeed Insights Report Revamped With Lighthouse Data
Google seems to have just rolled out a redesign for their Google PageSpeed Insights tool. The new design shows a lot more graphical reporting, the speed score uses lab data analyzed by Lighthouse and Google is showing a lot more detail. In addition, scores that I had at over 90, some are down to 50 or so. So things have changed with this report. - Google Hotel Highlight Icons Tests Triggering Overlays
Sergey Alakov spotted a new Google hotel search results test, this one with the hotel highlight icons triggering overlays on top of the listing. This way when you click on a highlight icon, it shows you more details and you can swap to see more highlights or X out of the highlight view all together. - Google Tests Moving Magnifying Glass In Related Searches
Hold on to your hats, Google is testing moving the magnifying glass from the right side of the related searches box to the left side of that related searches box. I know, it might be too much for you all to handle - but Google is indeed testing it. - Veterans Day Logos From Google & Bing In 2018
Yesterday was Veterans Day but it is also being observed today, Monday, in America. Google and Bing have special home pages and logos for the day. The interesting thing is that former Googler, Matt Cutts, said on Twitter "After some not-great logos in past years, Google got their Veterans Day logo right with stories of service." - Googlers Dress Up As Google+ Ghosts
This photo was from back around Halloween but it is pretty funny because you have Googlers at Google dressed up as Google+ ghosts. This was on the day after Halloween. We all know Google is closing
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Suddenly losing over 60% clicks and all keyword rankings decreased, Google Webmaster Help
- JS is not going to go away because SEOs don't like it.…, John Mueller on Twitter
- Severe Adsense revenue drop?, WebmasterWorld
- We got some feedback on the messages, so we tweaked them a bit :-). Essentially it just verifies the site in situations where it would be automatically verifiable via GA.… https://t.co/0iAlEFcbGg, John Mueller on Twitter
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
- Cancer.org donations rise 5.4% with help from Google Analytics, Google
- How to measure the brand/non-brand split of your search traffic, Econsultancy
Industry & Business
- 9 Military Veterans Who Now Serve the SEO Community, Search Engine Journal
- Amazon asked to share Echo data in US murder case, BBC News
Links & Promotion Building
Local & Maps
Mobile & Voice
SEO
- How SEO and PPC can work together, Periscopix
- The 5 Most Common On-Page SEO Issues and How to Fix Them, Raven Blog
PPC
- Stay ahead of the pack with the Competition tab, Bing Ads Blog
Search Features
Other Search
- News Consumer Insights: How data is driving publisher growth, Google Blog
- Our commitment to a more capable web, Chromium Blog
