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 Fetch As Google Submit To Index Now Requires Captcha
Google’s Fetch As Google feature within the Google Search Console now forces you to use a captcha each and every time you try to submit the page to the index. You can try it yourself…
Awesome: Google Now Bathroom Mirror
Googler, Max Braun, posted on Medium and Google+ that he made a bathroom mirror that is smart. It has the weather, date, time…
Google Helps Family Reunite With Lost Nephew After 60 Years
Rebecca Godsalve said her father was able to reunited with his long lost nephew after 60 years all due to a Google search. She posted this in the Google Web Search Help forums saying thank you to Google…
Google App Indexing API Bug For iOS Apps
For iOS developers that have implemented the Google App Indexing API/SDK into their apps, they may be having a weird bug due to the Google SDK.
Specifically…
Google’s FAQ On HTTP To HTTPS Migration
Google’s John Mueller posted a FAQ on Google+ around questions asked about site migrations from HTTP to HTTPS. Truth is, I don’t see anything in there we didn’t cover already here when talking about HTTPS but it is a good refresher…
Google Maps Groundhog Pegman On Groundhog Day
The Google Maps folks posted a picture of the Groundhog version of the Pegman today on Groundhog day. Ain’t he a cute little Peghog? Is that what you call it? A Peghog? Peggroundhog? What does one c
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
And the answers to last week’s Challenge. A couple of surprises…, Google+ – Dan Russell
Locksmith spam makes New York Times again, localsearchforum.com
@iqseo likely. we tighten the screws pretty much every day. @JohnMu, Gary Illyes on Twitter
Alphabet Q4 and Year End, 18pct Up to $21.329 Billion, WebmasterWorld
Dramatic Decrease in Rankings after PBN Posts – Freaking out!!, blackhatworld.com
Hey Italian webmasters! Join us all this week for #GoogleMobileIT over at our…, Google+ – Google Webmasters
