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 Hires Gary Illyes & Pierre Far As Webmaster Trends Analysts
Google keeps hiring away our most respected and giving SEOs…
The Google Instant Off Switch Harder To Find?
Brett Tabke posted a thread at WebmasterWorld that Google is no longer showing him the quick method of turning off Google Instant…
DNS Hack Brings Down Google Bangladesh For Many
On Saturday, Google Bangladesh appeared to have been hacked. When some users went to the Google site…
Google Product Search’s Product Data Now From Source
The Google Merchant Blog announced that Google Product Search has started to work directly with suppliers and manufacturers to obtain the product descriptions, pictures and specifications directly from the source…
Google Japan Doodle: Adult Day 成人の日
Google has a special logo for adult day, or coming of age day, for Google Japan.
SphinnCon Israel 2011 – Our Biggest & Best Event Yet
Yesterday we held SphinnCon Israel. It was our largest event to date. We had more than double the number of people attending compared to the past events. I believe we had about 430 people come and partake…
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Three’s a Trend: The Decline of Google Search Quality, Sphinn
Google’s Anti-Spam Challenge, WebmasterWorld
Googles Decline: Myth or Fact?, Sphinn
Dynamic Title Snippets on SERPs, Google Webmaster Help
Facebook’s financials revealed in leak, WebmasterWorld
Google Stopped my site caching since 16th December 2010, Google Webmaster Help
Online Reputation Management Playbook, Sphinn
Redirecion to SSL Search in tests?, Google Blogoscoped Forum
Where To Start – Social Networking Websites & Seo, Cre8asite Forums
Why the Numbers, Rankings and Followers Do Not Mean Squat!, Sphinn
Will Google Drop PageRank when Patent Exclusivity Runs Out?, WebmasterWorld
Doodle Adult day, Google Blogoscoped Forum
Fetch as Googlebot for IP address, Google Webmaster Help
google in nyc, Google Merchant Center Help
How to write the most effective PPC Ad copy, Sphinn
Summize is gone, WebmasterWorld