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 Me? Nope, Search For Me On Google
Personally, I love it when I see people or commercials on radio or TV tell others to “Google X” to find out services. Yea, it is a bit risky – what if you do not rank well or your ad is removed…

Google Tests Black Bar
Over the weekend, Google began testing yet another user interface. This one has a new top bar, using a black background instead of a white or light gray color.

Here is a closer look:

There are some complaints from daily Google users that the black bar looks wrong…

Google AdsBot Does Not Support Canonical Tag
I spotted an interesting discussion, asking if Google’s AdWords bot, aka AdBot…

Google Kills Google Health
On Friday, Google announced the death of Google Health. Yes, Google Health which launched about three years ago is now being shut down.

Why…

Obligatory Google PageRank Update Notification
As many of you know, I am not a huge fan of obsessing over Google’s PageRank score as shown in the Google Toolbar.

But whenever there is a Google PageRank update in the toolbar, I feel obligated to report it…

Googlers Marching In New York Gay Parade
New York passed the Gay marriage law and there was a parade in NYC on Sunday. Here is a picture from a reader who spotted some Googlers marching.

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Google self-driving cars now legal in Nevada, Google Blogoscoped Forum
How Do Facebook "Like" Options Influence Google SERP?, WebmasterWorld
Twitter To Start Placing Paid Tweets In Organic Stream, WebmasterWorld
Doodle Women’s World Cup, Google Blogoscoped Forum
How Is This Not Spam? Links 394 Times To Self, WebmasterWorld
I just got rocked by a smart internet marketer, WebmasterWorld
WMT average position still reports pre-Panda rankings, WebmasterWorld
Woman says Google rejected fat job applicants, Google Blogoscoped Forum