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 Calls Out Sites With Taboola Or Outbrain Links

Nathan Johns, a relatively quiet search quality analysts in the Google Search department posted on Twitter that sites writing about fake news should “think twice” about placing taboola or outbrain links on your site…

Google: There Is No One Recipe For Search Rankings Success
Google’s John Mueller spelled it out in a single post on Twitter that there is no one single recipe for success for when it comes to ranking in Google search…

Is Google AdWords Testing Underlining Display URLs?

Ronnie Jones shared a screen shot on Twitter of the Google search results, specifically the AdWords listings…

Google: We Will Treat Religious Interstitials As Legal Or Policy Interstitials

As you all know, on January 10, 2017 the Google mobile intrusive interstitial penalty is coming and as we explained…

Google Shopping Display URL Emoji Spotted

Search marketers try anything to get their search listings to stand out and one put an emoji Santa Claus in their Google Shopping display URL to stand out…

Google Tea Packets
I spotted this photo on Instagram of tea packets branded with the Google name. It says “fresh n’ tasty fun Goolge Pan Mazzo.” it looks like some sort of green tea. I am not a tea drinker, so doing m

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

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