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.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

Google Improving User Location Detection With “Auto Detect”
Whitey in the WebmasterWorld forums posted something new he is seeing. He said: Google has put stronger “auto detect” user location search preferences onto it’s filters on the left hand panel. You can adjust this to your desired location, although i haven’t tested this yet. Here is Australia it’s down to State level for the first time , used to be at country level. Is anyone else seeing this in other regions on the default
Google’s Reconsideration Requests May Not Wipe Out Your Old Links
About a year ago, I covered a site clinic session where Google’s Matt Cutts said that he’d prefer to start with a new domain than a domain that was penalized in the past. He used an analogy that new domains start at the ground level, penalized domains start below sea level. The other day, I spotted a Google Webmaster Help thread where Googler, JohnMu may have implied otherwise. John said: No, you don’t have to
Google’s Online Reputation Management Advice Goes Against Their Guidelines?
Tedster posted a thread at WebmasterWorld citing a NPR article which reminded him of Google offering ORM advice (online reputation management advice). I personally don’t see anything new and enlightening in the NPR article, but it did remind us of the ORM piece. But a Google representative did tell the NPR their advice in a raw way, they said: Google doesn’t seem to have a problem with the whole game. As the world’s largest search
Wrong Picture On Your Google Maps Listing?
Do you have the wrong picture or logo of your business on your Google Maps listing? You are not alone. A Google Places Help thread has one bank branch manager complaining that his bank is using a 3rd party logo. He works at Center State Bank and his real logo looks like this: But the logo on the Google Maps listing shows: How do you fix this? Well, you should claim your listing in Google

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

5 Extreme Tactics for Removing a Reputation Attack from Google’s Index, Sphinn
Are SEOs Responsible For Rankings Or Money?, Sphinn
At Google Images, “G” Is For “Girls In Bathrooms”, Sphinn
Google not recognizing October 19 Yorktown Day in logo?!, Google Web Search Help
How to rel-canonical your site out of Google’s search index, Sphinn