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 Dishes Out Widespread Penalties For Advertorials
On Friday, I reported three times at Search Engine Land on a widespread penalty Google dished out over advertorials.

In short, Google penalized Interflora, a very popular UK flower seller…

Google Webmaster Support Challenges From A Googler
John Mueller, a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst shared on of the more frustrating aspects of his job on Google+.

It seems like he noticed a site was hacked and he tried several different ways to notify the webmaster or site owner of the hack and was unsuccessful…

Google Searches During The Oscars
The Oscars was last night and Google was tracking and plotting how the Oscars impacted search behavior.

Google created a portal at google.com/oscars to plot the searches as they were happening during the Oscars…

Google Offers Push Within AdWords Via Offer Extensions
Google offers a whole slew of AdWords extensions to help richen up your ads on Google’s search results.

The latest version I spotted is named offer extensions, which helps promote an advertisers Google Offers promotion within the search ad space…

Where’s Mini-Matt (Cutts) Adam Lasnik Now?
Back in 2006, Google’s Matt Cutts was basically the only Googler interfacing with Webmasters. That all changed when Matt hired Adam Lasnik, aka Mini-Matt (at least back then). But Adam didn’t last i

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Bing Updates Image Search Layout, Autosuggest & Unveils Sitemap Plugin, DigitalPoint Forums
Did Google Kill the Internet Star?, WebmasterWorld
Seo Tags? What The Heck Are They?, HighRankings Forums
bug: Google Movies is showing the wrong reviews (still or again), Google Web Search Help