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 Testing Mobile First Index In The Wild
Google's John Mueller confirmed yesterday in a hangout at the 15:38 mark that Google is indeed testing the mobile first index in the live search results. He did not explain what percentage of searchers are seeing these live test results but I have to imagine it is really small... - Google Tests Another Variation Of Topics Refinements
Google is testing another user interface for the topics refinements we saw them testing a few months ago. This new layout and design was spotted by Paul Shaprio and posted on Twitter... - Google: Got AMP & Desktop But No Mobile Page? Google Will Index The Desktop Page.
Gary Illyes may have been misunderstood or may have misspoke at the Brighton SEO conference a few weeks ago when people said he said that when the mobile first index rolls out... - Google Tests Blue Instant AMP Label In Search
Google is testing a new look for the AMP label in the search results. Instead of the typical gray AMP logo with AMP written next to it... - Bing Ads Dynamic Search Ads Expanded
Bing Ads announced they have now opened up their Dynamic Search Ads, DSAs... - Google Green Spikey Bamboo Chairs
Here is a photo I found on Instagram of a pair of chairs at Google that seem to be made out of green bamboos and tied together. They look very earthy and green friendly and also a bit fun. Not sure - Programming Note: Offline For Sukkot
I will be offline completely for the holiday of Sukkot/Succos on October 5th and October 6th and the following week, October 12th and October 13th...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- @AshutoshRaiK @Ammon_Johns But a good DA domain might have no PageRank at all, for example, because we don't count certain kinds of links. No, I won't tell which ones, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- @lovelldies Whatever floats your boat! If it's a very big site with few tags, then maybe 1 makes more sense, but otherwise whatever, Gary Illyes on Twitter
- @badams Google renders pretty much every page on the web, the result is what's indexed. There's fundamentally no difference in how it gets there., John Mueller on Twitter
- @shahinAnSEO I'm not sure how you mean - we'd try to index the page as it appears in the browser, but generally not interact with it., John Mueller on Twitter
- @trooperbill They're different: SC shows actual impressions your site had for those queries; Keyword Planner is for total impressions. Ca.: Yours vs All, John Mueller on Twitter
- Activity tab available for YouTube on Android, YouTube Help
- Google whoring out to Best Buy more these days..., BlackHatWorld
- Yahoo Data Breach Revealed as 3 Billion Accounts, WebmasterWorld
