This week in search, we reported on the maybe 3rd Google algorithm and search update in May. Google said they are taking legal action against a local SEO company. Google has a bias towards scientific truth. Google said the AJAX crawling scheme should be gone really soon. I discuss what has changed in SEO over the past few years. Google Trends has been revamped. I posted a poll on how SEOs measure backlinks and if they can harm others with bad links. Google said slashes in URLs are okay. Google said there is no fixed timeout for page rendering and GoogleBot. Google said sharing a robots.txt across domains works okay. Google is testing a similar to carousel. Google is showing more yellow map pins in the search results snippets. Google News dropped the RSS feed links. Bing Ads has banned cryptocurrency from their search ads. Google lowered the “Don’t Be Evil” from their code of conduct. The search community honored Stephen Kenwright, William Hollingworth, Adam Riemer, David Iwanow and Jason Acidre. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- Is Another Google Update Happening In May?
- Google Sues SEO Company Threatening To Remove Businesses From Google
- Google Has A Bias Towards Scientific Truth In Search
- Google: AJAX Crawling Scheme Going Away Sooner Rather Than Later
- SEO For Google Now Harder? What Has Changed Over The Past Few Years?
- Google Trends Updated: SEOs/SEMs Should Check It Out
- Poll: How SEOs Measure Changes To Backlink Profile
- 60% Of SEOs Say They Hurt A Web Site In Google With Spammy Links
- Google: Number Of Slashes In URLs Doesn't Matter For Search
- Google: There Is No Fixed Timeout For JavaScript Page Rendering
- Google: Shared Robots.txt Across Domains Work Okay
- Google "Similar To" Carousel For Local Search Results
- Google Shows More Yellow Map Pins In Snippets
- New Google News Drops RSS Feed Subscription Buttons
- Bing Ads Bans Cryptocurrency Advertisements
- Google Removed "Don't Be Evil" From Code Of Conduct
- Stephen Kenwright - The Search Community Honors You
- William Hollingworth - The Search Community Honors You
- Adam Riemer - The Search Community Honors You
- David Iwanow - The Search Community Honors You
- Jason Acidre - The Search Community Honors You
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