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:
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 8, 2016
This week in search, we may have spotted Google testing an updated algorithm for 12 hours, some say Penguin…
Google: We Tests By Redirecting A Small Percentage Of Traffic, Not Setting Up Test Sites
In a live Google hangout with John Mueller this morning on Google+, John said that Google doesn’t set up test sites for the most part to test and experiment with the search results…
Google Removes My Business iOS App From App Store After Serious Bug
Yesterday, Google pushed out an update to the iOS version of the Google My Business app. But as I reported at Search Engine Land that after I downloaded it, it froze out and wouldn’t let me us it. Now when I try to access it…
Google’s New Nearby Ad Format Looks Like Free Results
It looks like Google has released a new format for the local ads. When you search for [oil change] in Google on your mobile device…
RankRanger: Google Featured Snippets Expand To More European Search Results
A month ago, Pete Meyers from Moz asked if featured snippets are on other Google search results outside of the US. Gary Illyes from Google responded on Twitter saying he believes it is only available in about 10 additional locales…
Google’s John Mueller On How They Handle 301, 301, 307 & Other Redirects
Google’s John Mueller promised a couple weeks ago that he would dig deeper and document how Google handles the various types of redirects. Last night he posted those details on Google+. If you forget…
Google Cafe Markup HTML At Google London Cafe
Daniel Waisberg snapped a picture at the Google London of the new signs hanging in one of the cafes in the office. You can see the menu is written up in HTML and markup. Food is the original I/O it
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Bing Ads Now Allows More Account Sharing Options, WebmasterWorld
Report: Yahoo’s “Sale” Book Reveals Challenging Financial Conditions, WebmasterWorld
12 Questions with Phillip Barnhart, The Google Advertiser Community
Yoast Local Search SEO plugin, localsearchforum.com
