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.

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Google Ads API Goes Back Into Beta

Back in March, Google launched the Google Ads API into a production environment. But yesterday, Google decided to pull it back and move it back into a beta state. Why? Google said because of the performance issues.

Back in March, Google launched the Google Ads API into a production environment. But yesterday, Google decided to pull it back and move it back into a beta state. Why? Google said because of the performance issues. Something New Is Coming From Google...Gary Has A New Idea...

John Mueller from Google posted on Twitter just a couple of minutes ago "Uh oh, Gary has a new idea..." So maybe something new is coming from Google that SEOs might not like or maybe John is just messing with the SEO community or maybe it is both?

John Mueller from Google posted on Twitter just a couple of minutes ago "Uh oh, Gary has a new idea..." So maybe something new is coming from Google that SEOs might not like or maybe John is just messing with the SEO community or maybe it is both? Google Featured Snippets More Images Section

Google seems to be testing or launching (or maybe it is a bug) showing a more images section within the featured snippets. I had a couple of reports of people seeing this over the past 24-hours, I personally cannot replicate it.

Google seems to be testing or launching (or maybe it is a bug) showing a more images section within the featured snippets. I had a couple of reports of people seeing this over the past 24-hours, I personally cannot replicate it. Bing: We Never Supported Noindex In Robots.txt

Frédéric Dubut from Bing said that its search engine never supported the noindex in a robots.txt file before. So nothing is going to be changing with Bing on that front. While we heard Google did unofficially support it and will stop supporting it on September 1st.

Frédéric Dubut from Bing said that its search engine never supported the noindex in a robots.txt file before. So nothing is going to be changing with Bing on that front. While we heard Google did unofficially support it and will stop supporting it on September 1st. Fourth Of July 2019 Google Baseball Game Doodle

I got to say, the Fourth of July Google Doodle is fun for the first 30 seconds but after that, it just feels like you are wasting time. I mean, it is simply hard to strike out and not score runs. Don't get me wrong, it is a super cool Doodle for July 4th but I wish it was more challenging so at least you felt productive when wasting time.

I got to say, the Fourth of July Google Doodle is fun for the first 30 seconds but after that, it just feels like you are wasting time. I mean, it is simply hard to strike out and not score runs. Don't get me wrong, it is a super cool Doodle for July 4th but I wish it was more challenging so at least you felt productive when wasting time. Google Interns Canoeing In Zurich, Switzerland

Here is a photo of some of the Google interns, I believe working with Site Reliability Engineering team, canoeing in Zurich, Switzerland. It was shared on Twitter by the Google Students account and t

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