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:
Search Buzz Video Recap: Google EU Fine, Image Search Change, Trump Idiot Bomb & Mobile First Indexing
This week, Google was fined a record breaking $5 billion by the EU for Android antitrust issues. Google Image search has updated their referral URLs for easier tracking. Trump…
Google: Noindex & Rel=Canonical Should Not Be Mixed
There is an outstanding explanation from Google’s John Mueller about the differences around the noindex and rel=canonical signals and why they should not be mixed. In short…
Google: Still A Lot To Do To Fully Roll Out Mobile First Indexing
As many of you know, Google has been active at rolling out the mobile-first indexing process to more and more sites in their index. We stopped keeping track of the notifications after what we documented the fourth batch of mobile-first indexing notifications…
Bing Webmaster API Still Broken After 2 Weeks – No Fix In Sight
Over a week ago, I reported that Bing Webmaster Tools API was down and then began using some of my channels to find out what is up. All of my channels failed to lead…
Trump Gets Googlebombed In Google Images As Idiot
You cannot be a president in the Google era without getting multiple Googlebombs throughout your service. This time, it is Trump who got Googlebombed again, for the search term [idiot] in Google Image search…
Lots Of Google Watermelons
I guess this is a photo of one of the cooks at the Google office in Mountain View, California at the GooglePlex. Looks like they are preparing a lot of watermelons for snacks for the Google staff. I
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Google sponsored bootcamp designed to kickstart women’s speaking career? Frak yeah! https://t.co/SaaFxAyR7F, Jamie on Twitter
New UI for Google Hotel Search @rustybrick…, Reshav Singh on Twitter
You’d know best when your pages last changed :)…, John Mueller on Twitter
Mobile-speed, it’s not just something for search. https://t.co/kVzfa4BwLb…, John Mueller on Twitter
Questions on Checking Changes to https, WebmasterWorld
Woah, wait – this is specific to *unsupported* directives.…, John Mueller on Twitter
Search Engine Land Stories:
Search in Pics: Watermelons, air ducts & new office buildings
Trolls propel Trump to top Google ratings for ‘idiot’
Other Great Search Stories:
Analytics
Cross Device Reporting in Google Analytics: What it is & How to Use it, Seer Interactive
Industry & Business
Today I learned: Duck.com redirects to Google, much to DuckDuckGo’s annoyance, CNET
Local & Maps
Google Maps launches ‘motorbike mode’ in Singapore, The Straits Times
Google Tests Price Insights for Hotel Listings, Sergey Alakov
Mobile & Voice
New Kenshoo Research: Mobile Ads Overtake Desktop in Paid Search, Kenshoo
Voice search: what will the future bring?, Yoast
SEO
A Guide To Page Speed Metrics –, Koozai
How to Do Keyword Research for SEO: Everything You Need to Know, Search Engine Journal
Reputation Management SEO: How to Own Your Branded Keywords in Google – Whiteboard Friday, Moz
PPC
How to get the most out of paid and organic search, The Drum
