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 EMD Hunt, ProtonMail Bug, AMP, Wix & Shabbat
This week in search, I covered that Google may be prepping for their next EMD, exact match domain…
Google On The Hunt For Spammy Exact Match Domains (EMDs)
Google’s Gary Illyes said this morning that he is “hunting” for spammy EMDs, exact match domains…
Shabbat Observers & The Google Interstitials Mobile Penalty
As you all know, on January 10, 2017, Google is releasing their intrusive interstitial mobile penalty – where if your site loads an interstitial that is super annoying and gets in the way of using your mobile site…
Google AMP Search Results Snippet Banner – Lightning-Fast Experience
Jon Hogg posted on Twitter a screen shot of Google once again promoting AMP in the search results. This one places a very bold blue banner across the bottom of the search result snippet of an AMP powered search result in Google.
The banner reads “AMP delivers a lightening-fast experience…
Google Happy Black Friday Cake
I spotted this photo on Instagram, of a cake that reads “Happy Black Friday from Google!” The photo was from Lorna Marie Graham in London. I am not sure if Google sent her this cake, if she works at
Thanksgiving 2016 Google Logo & Bing Turkey Design Theme
Happy Thanksgiving to all you Americans out there – it is one of my favorite holidays…
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
How do Google treat Shared SSL’s?, WebmasterWorld
@pelogia @gfiorelli1 @aleyda I don’t know what to look for in that screenshot. Also keep in mind that we ignore tons of links, Gary Illyes on Twitter
Google Sends Journalists Warnings Their Account is Under Attack, WebmasterWorld
Hi @patrickstox , nice article at https://t.co/ZColbbNWlK , some inaccuracies though. For example, we now can’t crawl your site at all. Oops, John Mueller on Twitter
Hi everyone! As a reminder, our response times may be delayed as our support team enjoys Thanksgiving. Normal hours will resume on Monday., Google AdWords on Twitter
What It Means to Be A Google Top Contributor or Rising Star Google’s presti…, Google+ – Steady Demand
