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 + Referrals Drop 40% Or More?
Google + launched just about a month ago and early on, it was all the internet was talking about. To be perfectly honest, I still love it but it is not loving me as much.
Google Plus is my number three referrer, beating out Facebook…
Google Friends Newsletter Retires After 13 Years
After 13 years, the Google Friends Newsletter has been retired.
The first newsletter was sent out by Google co-founder, Larry Page on April 29, 1998. The last one was sent out on July 29, 2011…
Google Admits Bug Caused 60% Traffic Drop For Site
Imagine 60% of your traffic goes missing one day and most of that is because Google had a bug with their algorithm.
One day you are getting a lot of traffic, paying your bills through ad dollars, and helping users find the content they need and then the next day…
Google Hotel Search Tool
Last week, Google announced a new beta search tool named Google Hotel Finder.
As I explained at Search Engine Land, the search features include Location Filters (with drawing shapes, dates for your stay, price point filters and hotel ratings & user rating filters…
Former Ask.com Rep, Peter Linsley Featured In Google Video
I am so happy to see Peter Linsley, who is now a product manager for Google Image Search starring in a video about SafeSearch.
Peter Linsley was a former Ask.com employee who really lead up much of their search division. When Ask.com failed at search…
Google Wave Pool With Sergey Brin
Here is a picture taken of Sergey Brin this past Friday at the GooglePlex. They rented a wave pool and Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, was one of the first to surf the wave pool.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
An Interview of Branko Rihtman (AKA: SEO Scientist), Sphinn
Doodle Amalia Rodrigues, Google Blogoscoped Forum
How Being “Friends” On Google+ Leads To Better Rankings, Sphinn
SEO Techniques for Large Sites: How to Maximize Product Visibility in Organic Search, Sphinn
How do I get my ads to run on mobile phones – Android phones, iphones, ipads etc? What should I do?, Google AdWords Help
How Do They Rank So Highly?, HighRankings Forums
Is it still correct that google news cannot indexed https sites and is there any plans to fix this bug?, Google News Help
The Cat in The Hat Teaches SEO, Sphinn
