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 Top Query Report Download Broken
If you try to download the top query report from Google Webmaster Tools you will be out of luck.
There is a bug that is preventing the data from being downloaded as a CSV file.
At the bottom of the top query report in Google Webmaster Tools there is a link to “Download this table…
Blaming Others As A Ranking Factor In Google? No!
Every now and then I like to point to sad but yet education SEO threads of things you should never do in a Google forum.
The latest example was highlighted by several readers and emailed to me from the person complaining as well – which makes this even more fun…
Duck! Google’s Cutts Responds To Search Filter Bubbles
A month or so ago, we reported on a presentation given by Eli Pariser on “filter bubbles.” We asked is personalization a form of censorship and almost 75% of you said yes it is.
I wasn’t so sure, I voted no…
Google: You Can Post Book Content As Web Pages Without Issue
Nolo, the large legal book publisher, is planning a new marketing strategy. The new strategy is called SEO and their plan is to post portions of their book for Google and other search engines to index…
First Day Of Summer Logos From Google, Bing & Yahoo
Today is the first day of summer for many of us, also known as the Summer Solstice. For people in the other hemisphere, like in Argentina…
Google Search Cupcakes
Don’t these cupcakes look yummy! The Inside Search cupcakes were on hand at the Inside Search Event a week ago today. Niall Kennedy posted pictures of them on his Flickr account.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Building Faceted Navigation That Doesn’t Suck, Sphinn
Google Places Basics: Listing a New Business – A Timeline for Launch, Sphinn
The Ultimate Guide to Keyword Research, Sphinn
Google’s Quality Score Patent: The Birth of Panda?, Sphinn
Polygon properties are broken, the color cant be changed on existing or new polygons, Google Maps Help
Why Google SERP CTR studies are a waste of time, Sphinn
