A new Twitter feature which allows users to hide replies to their tweets is set to launch this June. The post Twitter’s ‘Hide Replies’ Feature is Set to Roll Out in June by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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

Back in December we reported that Google updated their link schemes guidelines to disallow “requiring a link as part of a Terms of Service, contract, or similar arrangement” to link to you with a do-follow. The topic came back up when SEO personality Rand Fishkin said he thinks all websites should put a clause in their TOS requiring do-follow links when being quoted.

Google is adding a new section to search results which is dedicated to AMP Stories. The post AMP Stories Now Have a Dedicated Section in Google Search Results by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Posted by Dr-Pete The Short Version:

It seems like the past month or so has been a tough one for the Google engineers. We have seen bug after bug, many we haven’t even covered yet over here. The question is, are they related and when will most of them be resolved.

Resolved: Google has resolved the issue with Google News not indexing some publisher’s content. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Not getting the ROI you expect from SEO? Here are eight ways you might be wasting time and money. The post 8 Ways You’re Wasting Money on SEO Without Knowing It by @coreydmorris appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Google My Business is rolling out a new feature to let businesses define their short name and URLs within Google My Business. This way you can when you share your short name, customers can enter the short name URL in the browser’s address bar, like “g.page/[yourcustomname]“, to go directly to your Google business profile.