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 Testing Mobile First Index In The Wild
Google’s John Mueller confirmed yesterday in a hangout at the 15:38 mark that Google is indeed testing the mobile first index in the live search results. He did not explain what percentage of searchers are seeing these live test results but I have to imagine it is really small…
Google Tests Another Variation Of Topics Refinements
Google is testing another user interface for the topics refinements we saw them testing a few months ago. This new layout and design was spotted by Paul Shaprio and posted on Twitter…
Google: Got AMP & Desktop But No Mobile Page? Google Will Index The Desktop Page.
Gary Illyes may have been misunderstood or may have misspoke at the Brighton SEO conference a few weeks ago when people said he said that when the mobile first index rolls out…
Google Tests Blue Instant AMP Label In Search
Google is testing a new look for the AMP label in the search results. Instead of the typical gray AMP logo with AMP written next to it…
Bing Ads Dynamic Search Ads Expanded
Bing Ads announced they have now opened up their Dynamic Search Ads, DSAs…
Google Green Spikey Bamboo Chairs
Here is a photo I found on Instagram of a pair of chairs at Google that seem to be made out of green bamboos and tied together. They look very earthy and green friendly and also a bit fun. Not sure
Programming Note: Offline For Sukkot
I will be offline completely for the holiday of Sukkot/Succos on October 5th and October 6th and the following week, October 12th and October 13th…
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
@AshutoshRaiK @Ammon_Johns But a good DA domain might have no PageRank at all, for example, because we don’t count certain kinds of links. No, I won’t tell which ones, Gary Illyes on Twitter
@lovelldies Whatever floats your boat! If it’s a very big site with few tags, then maybe 1 makes more sense, but otherwise whatever, Gary Illyes on Twitter
@badams Google renders pretty much every page on the web, the result is what’s indexed. There’s fundamentally no difference in how it gets there., John Mueller on Twitter
@shahinAnSEO I’m not sure how you mean – we’d try to index the page as it appears in the browser, but generally not interact with it., John Mueller on Twitter
@trooperbill They’re different: SC shows actual impressions your site had for those queries; Keyword Planner is for total impressions. Ca.: Yours vs All, John Mueller on Twitter
Activity tab available for YouTube on Android, YouTube Help
Google whoring out to Best Buy more these days…, BlackHatWorld
Yahoo Data Breach Revealed as 3 Billion Accounts, WebmasterWorld
