Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Google Speeds Up The Web, Expedia Goes Emoji & Hreflang appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google is constantly testing different user interfaces, and as I covered yesterday at Search Engine Land based on a tip from Abramov in Almaty City, Kazakhstan – Google is testing a new mobile UI…

ComScore reports that, for the first time ever, the amount users who use the internet exclusively on mobile devices has exceeded the amount of users who exclusively use desktop devices. However, it’s important to note that this does not mean the the internet is being accessed more frequently on mobile overall.

Always on the offensive against United States tech giants, the European Union (EU) is reportedly set to carry out a wide-ranging probe into these companies — which include Google, Amazon, and others. The EU’s ultimate goal is to establish a universal set of regulations for how companies conduct business in the digital space. A draft plan for these regulations has been submitted to the European Commission, but has yet to be approved.

Google is testing a way to speed up your web page speed for slow connections from their mobile search results. Yes, you can opt out

Sunny K. Ujjawal received an email from Google that they will be shutting down and sunsetting the existing payment transaction history report by June 30…

At its Build conference, Microsoft unveiled its new browser, Edge, as a follow-up to the recently defunct Internet Explorer. The new browser boasts faster speeds and better features.

Here are some specific examples small content can make more sense than an X,000 word opus. The post A Defense of “Small Content”: 6 Shorter Blog Post Types that Still Work by @tomdemers appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

It can be challenging to implement the hreflang attribute correctly on multilingual and multinational websites.