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…

Google is enhancing business profiles with a new layout that features a dedicated space for recent offers. The post Google Lets Businesses Create a Carousel of Recent Offers by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google’s John Mueller said you won’t trick Google’s spam algorithms by setting up a similar domain, building spammy links to that domain and then redirecting that domain to your main domain. It won’t work – he said “you might as well skip the detour, it’s just as obvious to the algorithms & spam team.”

Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that Google ignores keyword spam in CSS files. He said “we ignore that.” “Use IDs & class names however you want

Posted by Dr-Pete Late last week (Feb 28 – Mar 1), we saw a sizable two-day spike in Google rankings flux, as measured by MozCast .

Skip the basics. Learn something new. Confirm you’re doing it right.

Be prepared to start using the new Google Ads API by the end of April. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Give your site a boost against the competition in the search results with these tweaks.

On Friday afternoon, March 1st, maybe going through Saturday, March 2nd, there may have been yet another Google search ranking algorithm update.

SVP Kent Walker urges changes in language ahead of ratification. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.