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 Pushing Down Navigational Search For Own Google Properties
Christy Kunjumon posted on Google+ the other day an example of searching for a brand on Google and that brand’s search listing being pushed down by Google’s own sponsored result.

Search Google UK for [moneysupermarket]…

Google’s Amit Singhal: We’re A Swiss Army Knife, You’re The Corkscrew
Last night at SMX West, during the keynote conversation with Google’s Amit Singhal, Danny Sullivan brought up the knowledge graph a few times and then Dan Barker’s tweet about scraper sites…

Google’s Matt Cutts: “World Got Bored” Of Our Search Quality Highlights
No we didn’t! Google’s Matt Cutts on Twitter last night responded to a tweet by A.J. Kohn about Google posting a change log. Matt Cutts responded on Twitter that they did indeed do that, they did, but “the world got bored.”

Google Humans Do Review Every Reconsideration Request
Over the past week or two there has been some people suggesting that Google does not review manually every single reconsideration request…

Search Geek Selfie: Amit Singhal, Matt Cutts & Danny Sullivan
Last night at the keynote talk with Google’s head of search, Amit Singhal, Danny Sullivan, Matt Cutts and Amit Singhal took a selfie via Google Glass Ellen style. They posted it on Twitter and Google

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Bounce rate, cost-per-click — Joe and Alex answer your…, Google Ads – Google+
I know this is super geeky but I love the new +Google…, Adam Singer – Google+
Should I Just Forget About Seo Benefits Of Comments?, Cre8asite Forums
Visualizing Google Analytics Data With R Googler and…, Google Analytics – Google+
AdSense okay with Getty Images embeds?, WebmasterWorld
Profanity in Knowledge Graph image, Google Web Search Help