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: We Do Not Use Time To First Byte For Search Rankings

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that time to first byte, as a page speed metric, is not used at all by Google in search or search rankings. John said “AFAIK we currently don’t use TTFB for anything in search/ranking…

Google Adds Donate Button To Google For Nonprofits In Search

Google announced that they have added a “Donate” button to some non profits in their knowledge cards in the search results. The donate button lets searchers quickly give to the charity they searched for…

Direct Link To Write A Google Local Review For Your Business

Do you want to provide an easy way for your customers to quickly drop a review for your business on Google Maps…

View All Google Posts On Desktop

Previously, the only way to see a company’s Google Posts, all of them…

New Audiobooks In The Google Book Knowledge Cards

Now if you search on your mobile device for a book, if there is an audio version of that book, let’s say on Audible, Google will let you click on that as an option to get the book…

Alan Bleiweiss – The Search Community Honors You

This is part of the say something nice about an SEO/SEM series – feel free to nominate someone over here.

Alan Bleiweiss, who has been in the internet marketing space since the mid-90s, is the next individual we would like to take the time to honor…

Google Brain Light Fixtures
Here is a photo of a game room in the Google Dublin office showing off a pool table, fancy carpet and very interesting light fixture covers/shades. They look like they are in the form of a brain? M

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Expanding Community to creators with over 10,000 subscribers, YouTube Help
Google now allows third-party job sites to specify hiring company logos A sm…, Google+ – Aaron Bradley
My son was murdered in Las Vegas, NV 8/19/17 Can you please removed all of this, Google Web Search Help
It’s time to say I am changing course in 2018. But still at @Majestic for most of it., Dixon on Twitter
St. Andrew’s Day Happy ##StAndrewsDay! Today’s very special colouring-in Dood…, Google+ – Google UK