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: You Can Trust Our Webmaster Communication
Back in early 2014, we published a poll showing only 10% of webmasters think Google doesn't like to them. But the truth is, that probably gets under the skin of those in the Google webmaster trends analysts team, where their primary responsibility is to help you webmasters... - Google Adds New Books Schema Markup With Buy E-Book Links
Google has added a new schema markup type for books in their developer center. Aaron Bradley posted about it on Google+ explaining that this was just added on December 3, 2016. It is currently a closed beta... - Google AdWords Editor V11.7 Adds Location Extensions, Bumper Ads & More
Google has quietly updated their AdWords Editor to version 11.7. There was no announcement yet but there was a release note posted over here documenting the change on December 5th as "Download AdWords Editor 11.7 for location extensions, bumper ads... - Google Working On Enabling Searchers To Disable AMP
All our discussion has been around Google AMP is how to enable it, how to benefit from it and the results - which are sometimes poor. We also did touch on Google's response on how searchers can or cannot disable AMP. But for a while now, publishers have been asking... - Live: Google 2016 Holiday Decorations For Hanukkah, Christmas & Kwanzaa
Yesterday, as first reported by Alex Chitu, Google has posted their annual holiday decorations in the search results. I have an animated GIF of them sliding through above but you can see them live by searching for [christmas], [hanukkah] and [kwanzaa]... - Google's Indoor Row Boat With Rubber Ducks
We knew Google UK had a row boat indoors that had rubber ducks all around it but did you know people use it? Here is a photo of Sara Pedrosa sitting in the boat while in the Google UK office. This is
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- In 2012 we set a goal to run our company on 100% renewable energy. We’ll reac..., Google+ - Google
- Where does mercury show up? A: Almost everywhere... at least the Bay Area, bu..., Google+ - Dan Russell
- Just discovered thanks to @epere4 that Googlers can send faxes in Gmail. Imma send faxes from now on when I find a problem with your site. https://t.co/rGpMfyQ6HX, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- Today's #GoogleDoodle depicts Danish astronomer Roemer, 340 years after his determination of the speed of light https://t.co/g0PChomq5l https://t.co/PQpJis7eJ1, Google UK on Twitter
