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:

Search Buzz Video Recap: Google Instant Gone, Auto Play Videos In Search, AdWords & Local Tests
This week, the big news is that Google killed off their Google Instant Search feature. Google was caught testing auto-playing videos in the search results. I ran a poll…

Google Mistakes Tom Brady As The Owner Of The NY Jets

Yesterday, Sports Illustrated had an epic post on Twitter showing how Google’s answer box showed Tom Brady as the owner of the New York Jets. Now…

Google: Sticky Footers Are Okay; Within Webmaster Guidelines

Gary Illyes of Google was asked about sticky footers, if Google has an issue with them. Gary responded on Twitter saying “nah, I wouldn’t worry about that.” Meaning…

Google AdWords Tests New Sitelinks Design

Google is testing new sitelinks designs and layouts for their ad formats. Ginny Marvin covered them yesterday based on tips from Erik Hamilton and Frederik Hyldig…

Google Logo For The Silent Parade of 1917

On Google’s home page in the United States is a special Google logo, aka a Doodle, for the 100th anniversary of the “Silent Parade of 1917.” On July 28, 1917, nearly 10,000 African American children, women…

Google Movie Theatre Box Office Sign
Julian Solonoski was at the Google Boulder office and snapped a picture of the sign outside of the office that looks like an old movie theatre sign or old box office sign. Of course, the old Google l

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

@chriscountey Robots txt no. That’s not how it works at all. Sitemap yes, but the URLs in the sitemap can only be in the same path, Gary Illyes on Twitter
Authorized Digital Sellers, WebmasterWorld
Strategic internal linking, which one is better?, WebmasterWorld
WPScan, WPSeku Vulnerability Scanners, WebmasterWorld