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: Showing Structured Data Markup Just To GoogleBot Is Cloaking
Did you know that if you decide to just show your structured data markup to GoogleBot, Google’s spiders/crawlers, and hide it from normal users in the source code…
When Google Maps Shows Embarrassing Business Photos Over Your Photos
There was a post on Twitter that caught my eye and I wanted to share it with you all:
Thank you for uploading logos and photos of employees &…
Google: SEOs Don’t Know If Unnatural Links Work Or Not
Typical reward and punishment sometimes is more black and white than how Google’s algorithm works these days…
Google AdWords Shopping Ads Similar Looks & Easy Checkout
PPC Hubbub on Twitter shared a screen shot with me of a feature I don’t necessarily think is new…
Joe Hall – 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.
Joe Hall from Columbia…
Google Kettlebells
Hey, even the kettlebells at the Google office’s gym are painted in the Google logo colors. Here are two kettlebells and you can see they are red and yellowish colors, part of the Google logo. They
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
@NachoMascort Not always, but usually that’s the case., John Mueller on Twitter
Via @johnmu: Seeing a drop in indexation in GSC after migrating to https? As Google reprocesses the urls, it might realize there are duplica… https://t.co/gQPgK4wQ6r, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
@Budfester @jessamyn We’ve offered that for over 10 years and is also what I tweeted about today https://t.co/kXI7bzQoTK, Danny Sullivan on Twitter
Google Will Eventually Stop Following Links on Noindex Pages, WebmasterWorld
Up early analyzing the December updates & look what I found. Seems that Google isn’t done yet. I’m seeing distinct movement across a number… https://t.co/2kbFg8Lyx5, Glenn Gabe on Twitter
