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 AdWords Express Now Block Search Phrases
Google quietly announced on Google+ that those who use Google AdWords Express can now remove keyword phrases they no longer want to target.

Google said they have added the “ability to remove search phrases that may not be the best fit for your business (and add them back if you need to)…

Page Load Takes Two-Seconds? Google May Slow Crawling Your Site.
Almost all SEOs know that a busy server or slow server will result in GoogleBot slowing how they crawl your web site and we also know that extremely slow sites/pages can be negatively impacted in ranking well in the Google search results…

Yahoo & Microsoft Extend Search Deal For 30 Days, Will Yahoo Go Google?
Over the weekend Reuters reported that Yahoo and Microsoft have extended their ten year search alliance deal for just another 30-days while the two continue to negotiate…

Google Changes AdWords Exams & Certifications Criteria
Mini from the Google AdWords team announced on Google AdWords Help that they’ve “made some changes to the Google AdWords exams and certifications in Partners…

Google AdWords Fixed The Quality Score Bug Yesterday
On Friday morning we were the first to report widespread panic around Google AdWords quality score drops. It turned out, as expected…

Yahoo’s 10 Years Of Service Access Badge
Erik Hartberg from Yahoo, he is the Global Head of Editorial Operations, posted on Flickr a picture of his access badge. The badge has a special little something printed on it. Says Yahoo Super Star

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Suddenly Decreasing my site impression, Google Webmaster Help
@Skitzzo @googlewmc @sewatch No., John Mueller on Twitter
I’m looking for 5 to 10 companies, agencies, and website owners in Sydney and…, Google+ – Gary Illyes
Safari users win right to sue Google over privacy, WebmasterWorld
Google Forcing HTTPS Links In SERPs, WebmasterWorld
If you want to learn a bit about hreflang and geotargeting OR you want to make…, Google+ – Gary Illyes
Since two different people have emailed me about http://t.co/BssM7r2oqL Someone is doing an early April Fool’s prank., Matt Cutts on Twitter