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Many webmasters are noticing that the Index Status report within the Google Search Console is showing a significant drop between August 16th and August 23rd.

Google announced on Google+ that they added a new reporting section to the Google Play Developer Console – the console where Android developers go to manage their apps in the Google Play Store…

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

For the first time ever Facebook recorded one billion daily active users this past Monday, August 24th. The post Facebook Hits One Billion Users in a Single Day by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Instagram just introduced one of its most significant changes in recent memory — landscape and portrait modes for photos and videos. The post Instagram Landscape and Portrait Mode Are Here! Third-Party Apps No Longer Needed by @mattsouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. The post SearchCap: AdWords Snippet Extensions, Google Antitrust & Google Featured Snippets appeared first on Search Engine Land

The latest extension gives advertisers more control in choosing which key features to highlight in their ads. The post New AdWords Structured Snippet Extension Is Rolling Out appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google says the European Commission’s antitrust charges are “wrong as a matter of fact, law, and economics.”