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:
August 2016 Google Webmaster Report
In this month’s Google Webmaster report we had a lot of unconfirmed updates, specifically signs of an update around July 25th and then maybe a roll back on August 2nd…
Google: How They Treat Subdomains vs Subdirectories In 2016
The SEO debate on using subdomains and subdirectories is one of those things that will never die. But Google’s John Mueller said in a Google Hangout on Google+ the other day that it really doesn’t matter that much…
Here Is How To Edit Your Introduction Field In Google+
Yesterday I reported how Google Maps dropped the ability to edit your introductory or description business field. It wasn’t showing on your Google Maps listing anyway, and it is hard to find on your Google+ business listing…
Google Does Webmaster Outreach & 20% Of Home Pages Have No Clear Purpose
We know Google does webmaster outreach…
Google Analytics Public Demo Account Available To All
Google announced yesterday that they are giving anyone and everyone with a Google account access to a public demo Google Analytics account with solid and useful data, set up correctly…
Google Japan Top Contributor Meetup
Kenichi Suzuki posted a picture on Google+ of, I believe, the first local top contributor meetup hosted at the Google Japan office. They recently did a local one in Germany and now they are hosting o
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Voice response stopped working for only one account, Google Web Search Help
@adwords That’s a change to the previous best practice 😉 https://t.co/eDesLA5Rph You think mobile preferred option will return? #ppcchat, Frederik Hyldig on Twitter
Different format for buttons "review" "add a photo" @rustybrick @dr_pete https://t.co/eaY5ZPuLHd, Northeastern Ext on Twitter
@PeterNikolow thanks Peter! @JohnMu made sure the right people know about this, Gary Illyes on Twitter
Explore 3D #GoogleMaps imagery of the Himalayas as a 500 foot Yeti. Get the…, Google+ – Google Maps
YouTube Kids now works with YouTube Red!, YouTube Help
Professional Keynote Speaker in the United States …, The Google Advertiser Community
Rent-A-Tent in Romania – Share tips for success, The Google Advertiser Community
