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 Hid Some Easter Eggs On Their Blog For The Holiday

Gary Illyes said on Friday that in Zurich, where many of the Google webmaster analysts live, that it is a holiday both on Friday and Monday. He added…

Google Mobile-First Index Will Have Some Affect On Link Graph

Google is still working hard at switching over to their mobile first index and we are hopeful that it will launch in 2017, but those chances…

Google Local Search Ranking Factors From Moz
Moz released their local search ranking factors study results for 2017. They do these studies every two years by survey the smartest local SEOs…

Original Google Employees
Last Thursday, Google shared on Google+ this photo of the original Google employees. There are about 35 of them in this photo, including the

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

@KeithEWinter @methode @schachin @seona_b @bhartzer @Majestic yes. but … if you’re focusing on a per-link basis, you’re probably spending your time on the wrong things. Think bigger! Think long-term!, John Mueller on Twitter
Best practices: Optimizing for same keyword for multiple languages, WebmasterWorld
Fake scholarships spam?, WebmasterWorld

This post was scheduled to go live today but was written earlier – I am currently offline today.