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: Penguin Refresh Is Months Away
Google’s Gary Illyes said over the weekend on Twitter that a Google “Penguin refresh is months away.”
The last official Penguin update we had was Penguin 3.0, which took place on October 18…
Google Incorrect Hreflang Implementation Search Console Notifications
Google this morning has sent out a brand new Google Search Console (formerly Webmaster Tools) notification to those who have implemented their hreflang incorrectly…
Bing Search Bar Without Bing & Web Replaced By Everything
Spotted on Twitter via @rgomezric, Bing is testing a new search bar and navigation. The new bar and navigation has two main differences:
Google’s Matt Cutts Went Undercover At Search Conference
On Friday, Google’s Matt Cutts shared some photos of his spring cleaning of old search conference stuff.
Loren Baker asked Matt Cutts on Twitter if he would attend the conferences before anyone knew who he was. Pre GoogleGuy and Matt Cutts days…
Google: We Mostly Ignore The LastMod Tag In XML Sitemaps
Gary Illyes has recently been pretty active in the StackOverflow forums and just posted in a Stack Overflow thread that Google, and other search engines…
Google Maps Send To iPhone Or Android
Google announced on Google+ late Friday that you can now be on Google Maps on your desktop and click “Send to device” on the place card and that will bring up a list of your devices where you use the Google Maps app.
So if you have an iPhone…
Google Chile Lobby
Jack Fermon, a Googler from Mexico City, posted a picture of the Google office in Chile. Seems like a lot of screens, acting as picture frames, with the various Google Doodles on them. I suspect the
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Google isn’t taking into account JSon Structure Data, WebmasterWorld
+Mike Blumenthal asked me check Google Hotel Finder again this morning and it…, Google+ – Brad Brewer
Links from manufacturers, WebmasterWorld
Manual Actions carrying over to new registrant, localsearchforum.com
חוגגים 74 שנים להולדת הפזמונאי, אהוד מנור בדף הבית של Google.co.il, Google+ – Google Israel
