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:
USA Today, Washington Post & Others Can’t Get Their Sponsored Content Out Of Google News
Typically you do not want Google News to index and rank sponsored (paid for) content in the news results. But sites like USA Today…
Google Replaces Search Queries Reports For Search Analytics In Webmaster Tools For Alpha Users
Remember the alpha/beta version of the Search Impact reports in Google Webmaster Tools that only a limited number of alpha/beta users have access to…
Google AdWords Ads Testing Displaying HTTPS/HTTP URLs
Google is testing displaying https and http in the URLs of AdWords ads.
Conrad O’Connell spotted this and posted a picture of the http in the display URL area of the ad and said Google is showing the https version as well for some ads…
Google Bolding Answers In Search Results
Google is now bolding the answers in the search results when quick answers are displayed at the top of the page, in the knowledge graph box area…
Google Keyword Planner Tool Now Has Data To Compare You To Your Competitors
Google quietly announced on Google+ yesterday that the Keyword Planner tool within Google AdWords is being upgraded to add benchmark data so you can compare your performance to your competitors.
Google said it is rolling out over the next few weeks…
Google Express Has New Shopping Bags
Thomas Devaux, a Google/Nest engineer, was happy with the new Google Express shopping bags that he posted a picture of it on Google+. While he was taking the picture, his cat was also approved of the
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Say more with revamped quote Tweet! Rolling out on iPhone and web, coming soon to Android. https://t.co/Bcl3E859ne http://t.co/fioAPPi0nW, Twitter on Twitter
Google Shopping Hangout on Air, AdWords Community
Local Search Consultants: Stop Spinning Your Wheels & Get More Customers by Phil, localsearchforum.com
Troubleshooting and Optimising Google Shopping Han…, AdWords Community
What you say about MOZ’s spam score?, blackhatworld.com
WMT says pages dropping out of index, but still visible on SERPs, WebmasterWorld
