This week in search, we skipped a day over April Fools but we did cover how it seems Wikipedia took a hit in Google, I blame the knowledge graph. Google says if your response time for a page is over two-seconds, that can be a serious issue. Moz launched their spam detection tool for links called Spam Analysis. Google’s mobile friendly algorithm is only smartphone specific, not tablet or desktop. Google News requires unique URLs but they can’t be years. Google AdWords is requiring those who use call or location extensions to verify their phone numbers in their ads. Google AdWords changed their AdWords exam and certifications. Google AdWords fixed the major quality score bug over the weekend. Google AdSense warned publishers of the beta social casino games ads that may show on their sites. Yahoo extended the Microsoft deal for only 30 more days. Now for April Fools we had John Mueller answering Google webmaster questions with images or GIFs, we had Google launch their backwards search engine. Google’s Matt Cutts came back to launch Panda search 5 and 6, while also releasing his AutoSEO spam tool. And I announced I was the new head of search spam and quality at Google. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable, have a happy Easter and Passover.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- Did Wikipedia Take An Organic Hit In Google Search?
- Page Load Takes Two-Seconds? Google May Slow Crawling Your Site.
- Moz Builds That Spam Identification Tool In Site Explorer
- Google Mobile-Friendly Algorithm Will Not Impact Tablet Searches
- Google News URLs Can't Have Years As Unique Identifiers Except When...
- Google AdWords Verification Policy For Phone Numbers In Call Extensions
- Google Changes AdWords Exams & Certifications Criteria
- Google AdWords Fixed The Quality Score Bug Yesterday
- Google AdSense Publishers Get Email On AdWords Social Casino Games Ads
- Yahoo & Microsoft Extend Search Deal For 30 Days, Will Yahoo Go Google?
- Google's John Mueller Answers Webmaster Questions With Images & GIFs
- Google Launches Backwards Google Search
- Google's Matt Cutts Helps Launch Google Panda 5 & 6 Search
- Google's Matt Cutts Builds SEO Spam Tool Named AutoSEO For April Fools
- Google's New Head Of Search Quality Is Me
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