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:
Poll: Were You Affected By Google Penguin 2.0?
It has been just under a week since Google Penguin 2.0 (#4) was released and I wanted to gauge in an anonymous poll how SEOs and webmasters were impacted.
With Penguin 1.0, 64% claimed they were hurt by that update. There were very few recoveries since.
The interesting thing…
Google Shares Insight Into Content Removal: 404s Confirmation & More
A Google Webmaster Help thread has some interesting details from Google’s John Mueller about content removal from Google’s index and/or search results.
Some of these points you already know but every SEO and webmaster should understand these. Heck…
Google AdWords Weekly Reports No Longer Just On Mondays
Google quietly announced on Google+ a change on how weekly scheduled AdWords reports can be emailed to you.
Prior, when you scheduled your reports to be emailed to you on a weekly cycle, it would only arrive on Monday. Now…
The Google Glass Tefillin Stand: Geeky Religious Marketing
A reader who is actually an ex-Googler and orthodox Jew, forwarded me an email he received from the Chabad of Stanford that was titled “Google Glass Tefillin Stand.”
Slow Motion Option Added To YouTube Editor
One of the biggest complaints I get about my search videos is that I talk way too fast. I get that complaint in general about the way I talk, but when you have thousands of views on each video, I know I should slow down…
Google’s Internet Switch
Google’s Jeremy Milo, a Product Marketing lead for Google+ and Hangouts, posted a picture on Google+ of an interesting switch he spotted at the Google offices. The switch is a small flip switch, with
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Tip 2: Why are AdWords ads disapproved?, AdWords Community
YouTube maintenance: Thursday May 30, 2-4pm PST, YouTube Help
Lost access to the new Google Maps? Read this., Google Maps Help
