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 Update Brewing? May 2013
There are some very early signs of a possible Google update brewing as of early this morning. A WebmasterWorld thread has some renewed chatter around an update…

Google: Awesome Sites Are Better Than Perfect SEO’ed Sites
When it comes to SEO, I often meet two types of webmasters. The ones that know nothing about how search engines work and the ones that obsess over the smallest SEO concerns. There is often never a balance…

Google Stops Showing Link To Additional Local Results
Now if you search for a local intent query in Google, Google will still likely show results from Google Places/Maps but it will no longer give you the ability to quickly click and see additional results…

Why Did Google Change It To Google Palestinian?
As you may have seen across the news, Google changes the label on Google.ps from “Palestinian Territories” to “Palestinian…

Google Story Time
John Taylor posted a picture on Google+ of the “Take Your Children To Work Day” at Google where a Googler is reading a story to Google children. He said, “A reading from Computational Fairytales by..

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

How Google Ranks Google Plus Profiles, Threadwatch.org
Why do the displayed Google Instant results change when you hit enter?, WebmasterWorld
Adsense experiment for Bachelor project, WebmasterWorld
Geo targeting via a country specific extension, WebmasterWorld
Senate Passes Internet Sales Tax Bill, WebmasterWorld
The anatomy of *resource-based* Google suggestions, Threadwatch.org