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 Matt Cutts On Some Penalty Recoveries: “Quite Difficult” To Recover
A hot topic recently is when should you start fresh after a penalty and when should you try to recover.

Google’s John Mueller said it is “never a decision to make lightly” but there may be times where you need to go the fresh route…

Google Will Look At Your Other Sites When You Get A Manual Action
Google does indeed look at the other sites a webmaster or business owner operates when one of their sites gets a manual action – at least, some of the times they do…

Competition Commission Of India May Fine Google $5 Billion
Times of India reports Google may be fined up to $5 billion by the Competition Commission of India.

The commission in India has filed an antitrust investigation and if found that Google has violated anti-competitive laws of the country, it can face hefty fines…

Google Chrome Bean Bag Chair
Google loves their bean bags and here is one of the Chrome logo as a beanbag. Richard Hay from Google posted a picture of this one on Google+. You can actually buy the 15″ beanbag yourself for abou

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Videos not starting on Kindle Fire, YouTube Help
Changing Your Anchor Text In 2014 Question, Cre8asite Forums
Am I a victim of click bombing? What should I do?, WebmasterWorld
Goodle barge drops anchor in Stockton, WebmasterWorld
Google Invests $50 Million in Auction.com, WebmasterWorld