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’s John Mueller: My Friend’s Web Site Has No Links & Ranks In Google Well
In a Google+ webmaster hangout from a couple weeks ago, Google’s John Mueller was at the GooglePlex and had a hangout with two of his colleagues.

Josh asked at 26 minutes and 3 seconds in, why does Google use links for ranking at the level they do…

Google.co.uk Chrome Users Sent To Google.com?
Last week I saw a story about Google redirecting UK Chrome users on their searches to Google.com versus Google.co.uk. I asked Google about it and they basically redirected me to the report IP problems form…

Third-Party Apps In Google Now Cards
Google announced you can now see third-party apps in your Google Now cards on Android. This only works on Android with about 30 or so third-party apps…

Google’s Mr. Jingles Super Bowl Fun
Mr. Jingles, the notification man within Google+, was all ready for the Super Bowl last night with this animated football. It is a nice spiral with a smily face on the football. They shared this last

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Live: How to manage & optimize your site in Google News, Google News Help
Google & Top Heavy Algo Filter, WebmasterWorld
Google Agrees To Rewrite and Clarify Privacy Policy For UK, WebmasterWorld
2015 – Your Favourite Google Targeted SEO Tools, WebmasterWorld
Adsense W-2 2014 Google AdSense, WebmasterWorld
Is Google+ testing some Alphabetical for +1’s and reshares. But as i +1d…, Google+ – Sunny K Ujjawal
What world do you dream of? Travel through poet Langston Hughes’ vision of a…, Google+ – Google