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:

New Beta Google Search Console Screen Shots

Last night on Search Engine Land I shared screen shots of the new beta version of the Google Search Console. Alan Bleiweiss sent us the screen shots of the new design.

The new design is not a surprise…

Google Expands Home Service Ads To East Coast; 5 Metro Areas
Google has expanded the home service ads to 5 metro areas now, including the east coast.
Ginny Marvin at Search Engine Land

Google Doesn’t Care About Crawl Budget For Their Own Sites

Google has explained crawl budget to use several months ago and truth is, the topic has kind of slowed down recently – which I am grateful for. But every now and then…

Google: No SEO Benefit To Adding Trust Seals To Your Site

Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed on Twitter that Google doesn’t have a ranking signal that looks to see if a site has a trust seal on it and then gives the site a ranking benefit for having one…

Google Search Console Average Position Metric Broken?

If you go to the Google Search Console and access your average position metric within the Google Search Analytics tool…

Nice Pic: Google London Office Building
Here is a nice view of the Google London office building. It looks like it was taken by a drone but who knows. Bianca posted the photo on Instagram and said this is of the Google London office. I’ve

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Announcing @screamingfrog SEO Spider 8.0- https://t.co/2I7yJJh9PC. New UI, link metrics, JavaScript redirects, custom config profiles & more https://t.co/6nYlBHSYSN, Screaming Frog on Twitter
“On Friday, an administrative law judge for the United States Department of L…, Google+ alphabetir
Google Image Spam for Businesses Still Rampant, Local Search Forum
Massive vandalism in Hong Kong restaurants, Google Maps Help