SERPs changes, search quality improvements, tackling fake news and more from WebmasterWorld.

[Webmaster World.com]( Welcome to the April 2017 email newsletter from WebmasterWorld. [Forums Index]( Posts]( Posts]( Experts]( Tools]( WebmasterWorld Newsletter Only last month we covered some of Google's biggest changes to the SERPs, and it looks as if there's still a number of updates going on that are impacting sites. There were several occasions of reports of changes, only as recently as this last few days. In addition, there's an interesting phenomenon right now where the automated SERPs checkers are showing big changes, but, as yet, nobody's shouting loud, yet. In the last few days Google announced its making several "improvements" to search and suggest that some of the changes are coming in now. As with so many of these announcements of updates, especially the few we get from Google these days, it's most likely that these changes have been tested in the SERPs over time, and we've probably already been seeing some tests and transitions over recent weeks. Google's tackling the fake news issue, claiming it'll be surfacing "more high-quality content from the web." Time will tell, of course. Read more about the search quality improvements in our thread which summarizes all the changes. In addition, please contribute to our threads as you might be seeing the changes coming thorough in your sector or region and others haven't yet seen. The popularity of WebmasterWorld's free tools always surprises us, so we're glad you like them, and you'll find a link to the tools in this newsletter. We also get many enquiries about our specialist web developers directory, Â and, of course, our Pro Area site reviews. Follow the links in this newsletter to find out more. So, it's time to look at a selection of topics and news we've been discussing in the last few weeks. See you in the forums. We're Feeling Lucky Jim and Neil Here are some of WebmasterWorld's Hottest Discussions and News this month. [Google Updates and SERP Changes - April 2017]( [Google Updates and SERP Changes - March 2017]( [Google Announces Quality Improvements to Search]( [Google "Fact Check" Tag In News and Search Goes Global]( [Report: Google Plans Ad Blocking in Chrome]( [How do you find links to boost Google rankings?]( [Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Starts Wikitribune to Help Fight Fake News]( [Bing Ads Monthly Budgets to Migrate to Daily Budgets During April, 2017]( [CDNs for Webmasters]( [Microsoft Authenticator Kills Off the Need For Account Passwords]( [The Ad Blocking Arms Race May Now Be Over]( [Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Data Collection and Privacy Controls]( [Google Search Console: No Links to Your Site Reported, is a Bug]( [Mobile Optimized "Twitter Lite" Rolls Out]( [Google Image Search "Similar Items" Use Schema for Eligibility of Inclusion]( [Windows 10 Creators Update SDK Released]( [Facebook, Craig Newmark, Mozilla and others Spend $15 Miln to Combat Declining Trust in News Media]( [StatCounter: Android is The World's Most Popular OS]( [Building an AI Chip Saved Google From Building a Dozen New Data Centers]( [10 Vulnerabilities Discovered in over 20 Linksys Smart WiFi Routers Potentially Allowing DoS Attack]( [U.S. Bricks and Mortar Stores Closing at Their Fastest Rate]( [Google's Android Pay and PayPal in Collaborate over Payments]( [Yahoo's Q1 Revenue 26pct increase to $1.37 billion]( [Google Cloud Speech API Out of Beta and Now Generally Available]( [Facebook Working on Tech Powered by Your Brain]( [Microsoft to Cut Some Services to Office Users Unless Subscribing to Office 365]( [Getting Phone Clicks]( [LinkedIn Passes 500 Million Users]( [Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Interview: Where the Company is Heading]( [Google Hire Job Site Could Shake Up Recruitment Sector]( [Alphabet Inc.'s Google Settles Out-of-Court in Russia over Android Search]( [Facebook Publishes Tips to Spot Fake News]( [Google Home Spammed By Burger Company]( For WebmasterWorld Supporters [Understanding Google's Updates]( (Subscription required) [Quick check on image size + compression issues]( (Subscription required) [Changed to https - GSC and indexing]( (Subscription required) [Good social sharing buttons for website]( (Subscription required) [Review My Site]( (Subscription required) [Free Tools]( [Member Services]( [Previous Newsletters]( Connect with us: [Google+]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( WebmasterWorld, c/o/ Internet Marketing Ninjas 21 Corporate Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065 []( 512-231-8107 All trademarks and copyrights held by respective owners. Member comments are owned by the poster. WebmasterWorld is a [Developer Shed Community]( owned by [Jim Boykin]( © Webmaster World 1996-2017 all rights reserved [Terms of Service]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Report Problem]( | [About]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( WebmasterWorld · 21 Corporate Park Dr · Clifton Park, NY 12065 · USA