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:

Is Google Testing The Penguin 4.0 Algorithm?

I think we are on the verge of seeing Penguin 4.0 launch soon at Google – I think we are just about there. I know, I know, it’s been a while…

Google Posts Live Webmaster Hangouts Schedule

People ask me all the time to ask Google questions on their live hangouts. I cover a lot of the hangouts, a lot of what John Mueller and friends say but I honestly do not ask that many questions. I don’t ask the questions because I feel bad hogging the hangouts…

Google Employees Do Get PR Training For Webmaster Outreach

Yesterday, I did a one-on-one interview with former Google spam fighter, Murat Yatagan, on Google+. Murat hasn’t worked at Google in about a year, but he was very involved in spam fighting and webmaster outreach…

Google: Alt Tags Should Be In The Language Of The Content Of The Page (Localized Alt Tags)

John Mueller of Google answered a question in StackExchange on localization of content. In short, he said you should probably localize all the content on the page, including the alternative text for images…

Google Doodle For First Modern Olympic Games On Its 120th Anniversary

On Google’s home page today, on Google.com, is a special Google logo, aka Doodle for the 120th anniversary of the first modern olympic games. Today , a 120 years ago was the first modern Olympic games. It started in Athens…

Google Mexico Has Trunk Masks
Ricardo Blanco from Google shared a picture on Google+ of him wearing a fury mask with a trunk. The cool part, it has some nice sunglasses on them. I guess it was some sort of office prank. He said

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Learn what your customers like based on the performance of your ad extensions.…, Google+ – Google Ads
This week, Reminders in Google Calendar come to the web goo.gl/JgHsR6, Google+ – Gmail
You have quite a few choices to make when creating a new AdWords campaign, but…, Google+ – Google Ads
Get Started Here: #MobileMonday Hub, The Google Advertiser Community
Microsoft Building Several Different AI Chat Bots, WebmasterWorld
This presentation says mobile has taken over the web. When I use websites on a…, Google+ – John Mueller
Twitter Adds Private Tweet Sharing on Android and iOS, WebmasterWorld