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:

Why Did Marissa Mayer Leave Google To Be The CEO Of Yahoo?
Marissa Mayer was Google’s 20th employee, joining them in 1999. She was responsible for most of the user interfaces you saw on Google up until a couple years ago…

Google Previews Added To Google Webmaster Tools Crawl Errors
If you login to Google Webmaster Tools, then go to the crawl errors reports and place your mouse over one of the URLs listed in the report…

Affiliate Links On Your Site? Does It Hurt Your Google Ranking?
A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster being a bit obsessed about making sure Google does not know he has affiliate links on his web site.

He is under the belief that once Google figures out his site links out as an affiliate…

Google: Ignored Links Can Confuse Google’s Algorithms
A Google Webmaster Help thread has Googler John Mueller saying that when Google has to ignore links on your site, it can lead Google to having to work harder to understand your web site.

As many of you know, a link penalty is not always a penalty…

Android Toe Nails
Aya A posted on her Google profile page a picture of toes designed with Android characters. The nail polish design has a green base toe nail color with red background and white outline of Android.

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Accuracy Of Google Adwords Tool, HighRankings Forums
Google search for tracking human traffickers, WebmasterWorld
Interested in hearing large website growth stories, WebmasterWorld