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:

Dates On Google Image Search Results
On Monday I reported at Search Engine Land via a tip from @KeriMorgret that Google has begun adding dates to news related images in Google Image search.

Google has confirmed the additional “date annotations” in a Google Web Search Help thread this morning…

What Is “Original” When It Comes To Content?
A Google Webmaster Help thread has a fun conversation and discussion around the word “original.”

With all that is going on with the Panda rollout, Google advising removing unoriginal content from the site…

SearchMetrics Study Confuse Webmasters Over Google Panda Update
As you know, Google pushed out version two of the Farmer/Panda update globally this week and more webmasters and SEOs are scratching their heads.

SearchMetrics released a study of what they say are the top 100 domains with the greatest gains and losses for the UK region…

Google: Block Duplicate Content & Don’t Block Duplicate Content
A very active SEO in the Google forums posted a thread at the Google Webmaster Help forums asking why does it seem Google is contradicting itself with their advice on how to handle duplicate content…

The Google Locomotive Train Logo: Richard Trevithick

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Google Uses Bounce Rate!, WebmasterWorld
Doodle Songkran, Google Blogoscoped Forum
AdWords Best Practices, Google AdWords Help
The Complete Guide to Bing’s New Local Business Portal, Sphinn
Your Page Rank Doesn’t Matter!, Cre8asite Forums