Daily Search Forum Recap: December 11, 2017

Dec 11, 2017 - 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:

  • Google: We Don't Recommend Generic Disavow Files
    There are many folks out there that have generic or master lists of disavow files that they bring over from one site to the next. But Google doesn't recommend using a generic disavow file and goes as far as to call them potentially "unnecessary work...
  • New Bing Ads Call Conversions With Offline Conversion Import
    Bing Ads announced they now support call conversions through the offline conversion import method. Bing noted they have an API for offline conversions and now some call tracking solutions are using it to bring in call conversions...
  • Google Tests Live Blog Progress Bar Divider
    Google seems to be testing a variation of their live blog coverage label. Instead of the red label icon in the search results...
  • John Doherty - The Search Community Honors You
    This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series - feel free to nominate someone over here...
  • Max Born Quantum Mechanics Google Doodle
    On the Google home page is a special Google logo, Doodle, for Max Born, a German physicist and mathematician who helped in the development of quantum mechanics...
  • Googlers In A Snow Globe
    Google had another Christmas party the other day and part of the entertainment factor was a life size snow globe that people can fit in and take photos. So here is a photo from the Dublin office part

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