This week in search I covered the news that Google will serve up harsher penalties for repeated violations of Google’s Webmaster guidelines. Yandex penalized hundreds of links sellers the other week. Bing is going to shut down the Link Explorer tool in Bing Webmaster Tools. Google has finally killed off the search queries report in Google Search Console. Google is suing an SEO company for robocalling and confusing businesses in thinking they were Google. Google had a serious image search bug this week in some regions. Google said keep your 301 redirects live for a year. Google said they still just have a desktop index, no mobile index. Google said you can link your articles to e-commerce products. Google said their crawler can submit forms, in some cases. Why is Thumbtack risking another link penalty? Google dropped even more Google+ links in the search results. Google AdWords added call forwarding numbers in Canada. Google now requires GTINs for merchant shopping feeds. Google AdSense released a new mobile app. Google Pegman dresses up on your birthday. Finally, Dana Lookadoo has passed away and the industry is expression their sympathies. That was this passed week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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Search Topics of Discussion:
Google: If You Repeatedly Spam, You Will See Harder Penalty Actions
Yandex Slaps Link Sellers
Bing Shutting Down Link Explorer Three Years After Resurrecting Yahoo Site Explorer
Google Search Queries Report Goes Offline Today
Google: We’re Suing An SEO Company For Robocalling & Confusing Businesses
Google Image Traffic Shows Significant Drops, Is It A Bug?
Google: Keep Your 301 Redirects Active For Over A Year
Google: We Still Only Have A Desktop Index, No Mobile Index
Google: Internal Article Links To Your E-Commerce Products Is Not Over Optimization
Google’s Crawler Only Submit Forms When It Can’t Find Your Content
Thumbtack Risking A New Google Link Penalty?
Farewell: Google Drops Google+ Links & Reviews
Google AdWords Canada Gets Call Forwarding Numbers
GTINs Required In Google Shopping Feeds Tomorrow
Google AdSense Gives Mobile App A Fresh Update
Google Maps Pegman Has A Birthday Surprise For You
Dana Lookadoo, The Light Of The SEO Industry Has Passed Away

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