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 Has Whitelists & Exception Lists
In January we asked if Google has a whitelist for their search engine. Then a couple weeks ago, Google said no, they don’t have whitelists – generally. Yes, a vague answer…
When To Use 404, NoIndex & 301 Redirects In Farmer/Panda Fix
The Google Farmer/Panda update hit and 40% said they were impacted by the update.
We documented advice on how to fix the issue, if you were one of the sites impacted by this update…
Google Says Ads Don’t Play Big Role In Ranking Algorithm
There has been a lot of discussion around the Google Farmer Update that ads play a role.
Meaning, if you have too many ads…
SEOs Talk About The Impact Japan’s Earthquake Had On Traffic
A couple WebmasterWorld threads sum it up, when talking about the how one would even bring up the impact to one’s traffic when so many lives are lost.
Word Count Displayed In Google Search Results
Google Operating System reports Google is testing showing the number of words on a web page for some types of queries.
The example given was for a search on [belgian waffle recipe] which is interestingly part of the new Google recipe view…
Pi Day Forgotten By Google, Yahoo & Bing
Google doesn’t have a logo for Pi Day like last year. Yahoo and Bing also don’t have a logo. But the Search Engine Roundtable does.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Bing Continues to Chip away at Google, WebmasterWorld
Doodle Arbor Sun, Google Blogoscoped Forum
Ribbon Google Spain, Google Blogoscoped Forum
Doodle thai elephant day, Google Blogoscoped Forum
Panda disables "Connection speed" info in Google Analytics, WebmasterWorld
Scheduled Maintenence MSN/Microsoft AdCenter, WebmasterWorld
Speed as a ranking factor ?, WebmasterWorld
US Senate to Investigate Google for Antitrust Issues, WebmasterWorld
Doodle Alam Ara, Google Blogoscoped Forum
Link building without content creation?, WebmasterWorld
The TRUTH about Linking, WebmasterWorld
