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:
Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: February 24, 2012
Busy week in search this week and to end the week, we celebrate the one year anniversary of the Google Panda update. 87% of those impacted have yet to fully recover from Panda but search quality seems better overall…
Google Panda Now A Year Old But Only 13% Fully Recovered
Today is the one year anniversary of when Google released one of the most talked about algorithm updates ever – the Google Panda update.
Here is the history of the update thus far:
Past Panda Updates:
Panda 3.2 on about January 15thPanda 3.1 on November 18th
Panda 2.5…
Google & Bing Block Out 66 16 0 N 179 15 0 E On Google Maps, Why?
Go to 66 16 0 N 179 15 0 E on Google Maps or Bing Maps and you will see a blurred out area. No one knows exactly why that area in Russia is blurred out. It is one of the few blurred out areas on Google Maps…
Google Images Adds Related Image Previews
Peter Linsley, Google Image Search product manager, announced Google Images is rolling out a new feature to make the related search results more visually helpful…
Confirmed: Concert Rich Snippets Showing In Search Results
Just about a month ago, we reported seeing concert rich snippets on 3rd party sites. Meaning, the snippets under the search listing shows rich snippet data not from that site listed but from a 3rd party site selling tickets for that band…
Google Now Allowing Searches For Sex On Strict SafeSearch
Recently, Google stopped blocking the search terms [sex] and [nudity] in Google Image search when the SafeSearch filter is set to the strict setting…
Google Tinfoil Aviation Desk Birthday Surprise
Sadik Dakar celebrated a birthday the other day, and his fellow Googlers wanted to surprise him. Since they know he is an aviation enthusiast they decided to tinfoil his desk, computer, headset and m
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Buying And Selling Blogs, Cre8asite Forums
Duplicate listings have appeared for two of my businesses, reviews disappeared, search relevancy has dropped sharply, Google Places
