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 Update Reversed November 10th Update On November 18th
It seems we may have had a Google algorithm update yet again over the weekend. You can actually see all our confirmed and unconfirmed Google updates... - Test: Google AdWords New Promotion Extension Coupon Codes
Pete Meyers shared on Twitter a Google AdWords snippet filled with tons of goodies. But one of those goodies is the coupon code feature. I highlighted it in the photo below... - Google Local Pack Testing Showing Query Above Map
Over the past week or so two different people shared with me on Twitter that Google is showing the query in the local pack, above the map embed. So not only is Google showing the query in the query box but also reinforcing that above the map pack... - Google: Cache Date Not Indicative Of GoogleBot Crawl Rate
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter that the date of the cache displayed in Google is not indicative of the crawl rate or how recently your page was crawled... - Wix Challenges SEOs To Outrank Them For SEO Hero
The folks at Wix have had some hiccups with Google over the years, which made their brand known as a not so SEO friendly platform. To combat that negative branding, Wix launched a contest where if you outrank them for the term [seo hero] in Google, they will give you $50... - The Writing On The Google Wall
Here is a photo I found on Instagram from Nastena Vzhik of a Google office where there is a Google logo mounted on the wall. The room is all white, including the logo, which means there is writing all
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Local Guides are posting bogus photos/reviews, Local Search Forums
- Is #Google testing another layout? Local pack pushed down for semi-local search term. cc @rustybrick @dr_pete @randfish @searchrook https://t.co/H7lOkVterk, Krinal Mehta on Twitter
- Unnatural Outbound Links- no ads, sponsored posts, haven't posted in awhile. What's up?, Google Webmaster Help
- Via @JohnMu: Recently noindex a url? You can use the url removal tool to quickly remove from SERPs. Takes < 1 day https://t.co/RGhEDAzjPL, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
