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:
- AMP Comes To Google Image Search
Google is now showing AMP results in Google Image Search. Will Barnes notified me of this on Twitter and I was able to replicate it... - Google: Nofollow Attribute May Help With Crawl Budgets For Large Sites
While we wait for Google to educate us more on how crawl budget works at Google, more and more questions and answers are popping up around the topic. - Do Google AMP Rich Cards Have Drastically Lower CTR?
I've been covering Google AMP like crazy here because Google keeps escalating the importance of it. But I also covered at least twice how it appears the click through rate on AMP results are drastically lower than normal results... - Bing Ads Expanded Text Ads Editing On Mobile
Bing Ads announced that with the new expanded text ads gaining in popularity, that advertisers can now edit them on mobile devices. Bing said, "we're excited to announce that with our new mobile app release... - Google To Sunset Google Earth API & Google Earth 4 On January 11, 2017
Google posted in the Google Maps Help forums that on January 11, 2017 they will be discontinuing the Google Earth API and also sunsetting Google Earth 4. Google wrote, "in December 2014... - The Google Igloo
Here is a photo of an igloo inside the Google New York City office. Gus Moreira posted it on Instagram and wrote "just built myself a igloo to survive the brutal winter of NYC." Gus is a Community P
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Starting January 18th, 2017, we're making advertising for display and video c..., Google+ - Google Ads
- As 2016 comes to a close, here are some moments that defined 2016. #YearInSearch https://t.co/hBhRnmv8N5, Google Webmasters on Twitter