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:

How To Quickly Unblock Google From CSS & JavaScript, What Google Looks At & Number Notified

Yesterday, Google sent mass notifications for blocked JavaScript and CSS. I recommend you read that story if you haven’t yet.

Since then, there have been many questions about what to do…

Bing: Organic Search Traffic Drop In Analytics Was Due To The HTTPS Roll Out

Nine days ago, we reported that Bing started shifting their organic traffic to referral traffic.

At first we said it looked like Bing updated their search algorithms but after careful review…

Google AdWords Changes Quality Scores For Keywords

Google quietly announced on Google+ that they’ve updated how the Google AdWords reporting shows the Quality Score for your keywords.

Google made it clear that this does not and will not directly impact your ads…
Google Maps Now With Store & Business Popular Times By Day & Hour

The other day, Google announced on Google+ another one of those “Wow” features. Now, via the Google Maps app (currently only Android right now), you can look up a business and see the “popular times” by day and hour…

Google Merchant Center Data Feeds With Easier Updates & Validate Ads

Google announced two changes or “enhancements” made to the Merchant Center data feeds that Google says “improves efficiencies for large retailers” and “helps small retailers get on board more easily…
Google’s Birthplace: The Gates Computer Science Building At Stanford
Danny Sullivan visited Stanford University the other day and posted a picture of the Gates Computer Science Building. As Danny said in his Google+ post, “The Gates Building at Stanford where, ironica

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Hide accounts in your AdWords manager account dashboard Is your manager account…, Google+ – Google Ads
Tired thumbs, rejoice! Starting today, #JustAsk Google to send messages by…, Google+ – Google
Voice Search = Server Problem and then Nothing…, Google Web Search Help
@rustybrick Have you seen something like this before? http://t.co/ioPtv1aaEZ, Sergio Redondo on Twitter
AdWords Word Search, AdWords Community
Backlinks in another language?, WebmasterWorld
Excess Of Bad Previous Backlinks Harming My Site? Google Penguin Involved, HighRankings Forums
How Many Clients/How Much Business to Handle, localsearchforum.com