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 Issues Mass Unnatural Outbound Links Penalties Over Weekend
Google has issued a large number of unnatural links penalties over the weekend…
Google Completely Drops In-Depth Articles
I am not sure if this is a bug or not but Dr. Pete Meyers from Moz reported on his Mozcast features tool that in-depth articles are completely gone as of this weekend.
Pete verified the data manually and said there is no sign of them at all…
Google Local Guides App Add Name Bug Slows Local Reviews
The Local Guides, Google’s most trusted and frequent users of the Google Maps/local business reviews, are complaining that the Google app for them to leave reviews of places they visit is buggy…
Google’s John Mueller said in a live Google hangout on Google+ at the 13:05 minute mark that serving multiple types of mobile friendly options on a single site…
Google Submitted A Fix To Apple Over Google My Business App Bug
Last week we reported that Google’s update for the Google My Business iOS app caused a serious bug that didn’t allow iOS users to open the app. Google quickly pulled down the update and removed the app from the app store…
Google Zurich Door Painted Street Signs
Google’s Nicolas Bortolotti posted a picture of some of the doors outside of the Google Zurich office. This is painted in jet black with a street sign and the Google logo. It looks pretty artistic, b
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
New updates for a faster web experience We’ve made some improvements to…, Google+ – Google Photos
Tip of the Month: Setting up Your Business Listing, The Google Advertiser Community
Google My Business Guidelines, the bible for acceptable behavior are not…, Google+ – Mike Blumenthal
Incorrect structured data might remove rich snippets, Google Webmaster Help
