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 Changes Statement On Clicks Impact Google My Business Rankings
Yesterday I reported that Google said clicks impact Google My Business rankings. Well, Google later edited what they wrote and removed that clicks matter.
December 2015 Google Webmaster Report
For the last recap of this month, we have for you the December Google webmaster report where I summarize the most important Google SEO/webmaster related topics for the month.
There seemed to have been a Google update but Google wouldn’t confirm it…
Woes For Google Search Console Crawl Errors For Apps Continues
Over a month ago, we reported about issues with the Google Search Console crawl errors reports for apps that it was not updating. Google’s John Mueller said then it is a known issue and they are working on it.
Google Shopping Policies Changing In February 2016
Google posted a help document that discloses the upcoming changes to the Google Shopping Policy Center including changes to their shopping policies…
Google’s Richard Gingras & Matt Cutts On AMP
We know Google is pushing AMP, Accelerated Mobile Pages on publishers to solve the issue with the mobile web.
I even said this in my what to look for in 2016 as one of my three things to look at…
Matt Cutts With A Beard
So Matt Cutts of Google (yes, currently still with Google) was on This Week In Google with Jeff Jarvis and friends while at the Google office and he has a full beard. Here is a picture of him in a fu
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
No Call Backs From Google Support, localsearchforum.com
G+ iOS Update 5.0.2 As part of our ongoing improvements to Google+, an updated…, Google+ – Luke Wroblewski
Today’s team #spotlight is on Roberta, our Italian market expert Describe your…, Google+ – Google Webmasters
Triple check that your campaigns are set up for success this Holiday Season.…, Google+ – Google Ads
Food & Wine Blog marked as Pure Spam, Google Webmaster Help
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