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:

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: August 7, 2015
This week in the video search recap, I mention the monthly recap I posted this week. I talk about a possible test algorithm Google deployed for spammy results. Google released there Google Search Console, Search Analytics API…

Google: The Idea That 404s Lead To Google Penalties Is Utterly Wrong
To pretty much everyone who reads this site, this is a no brainer, but there are some people out there that think having a site with some 404ed pages will lead to a Google Penalty.

Sound crazy…

Google Updates The AdWords Android App With Billing & More Reporting

Google first introduced the Android AdWords app back in March, but now they are releasing many new and important features. Since March…

Bing To Warn Searchers Of Fake Pharmacy Web Sites Via FDA

Bing announced they will start to warn searchers before they land on a pharmacy web site that might be fake…

Google Now Only Showing 3 Local Results Instead Of 7

After much testing, Google has seem to officially drop the seven local results in the web search results and gone with a 3-pack block.

For all the queries I try that would generate…

Google At The Special Olympics
O Hello Media posted on Flickr some images of Google’s part in the Special Olympics. You can see, Google had a campaign named the Impact Challenge, which is Google’s initiative to creating a better w

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Seeing wide spread Crap Pack results, localsearchforum.com
Google Webmasters Hangout 31 July, 2015, WebmasterWorld
Last year, we launched Magazine ad format to increase the competition on your…, Google+ – AdSense
How far in advance do you begin preparing your business for the holidays?  , Google+ – Google Business