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: User Actions On Your Web Site Are Not A Ranking Factor

Google’s John Mueller said in a Google Hangout yesterday that there are no Google algorithms that specifically look at user actions on your web site and use that as a ranking factor. He said, “I donât think we even see what people are doing on your web site…

New: Google Local 3 Pack Eye & Click Study

Casey Meraz has published on the JurisDigital blog the first eye and click study on the new 3-pack for local results in Google.

The key findings were that “organic was the clear leader with the #1 organic result generating 39.5% of total clicks.” Adding that “while 39…

The 2015 Moz Search Engine Ranking Study Shows Links Still Super Important

Moz has announced the publication of the 2015 Moz search ranking factors study. The study shared a lot of data on correlation and expert interviews, it is the largest they put together yet.

In short…

Google: 404s Don’t Impact The Google Panda Algorithm

Google’s Gary Illyes responded in short to a Google Panda question, asking if having 404ed pages have an impact on the overall Google Panda algorithm. Gary said on Twitter, “nope…

Google Make Shift Climbing Wall
Daniel Waisberg from the Google Analytics team snapped a picture of a new climbing wall at Google Brazil that looks unsafe. It looks like someone pieced it together pretty quickly. If you look close

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Rewards and Risks of Changing to Hierarchical URL Structure, WebmasterWorld
"no information is available" message on info: operator search, WebmasterWorld
Dealing with a Difficult Client, localsearchforum.com