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 Algorithm Update On August 28th?
I am seeing some significant signs of a Google update in the WebmasterWorld forums. There is a large uptick in SEOs and webmasters talking about changing in the search rankings for their keywords…

Google’s Tablet Home Page Ad Upsets Users
On Google’s home page you will see one of the most obtrusive and in your face ads for a Google Tablet you’ve ever seen from Google on their home page. Google has never been this in your face with an ad on their home page before…

Google+ Adds Friends Birthday Reminders
One feature I do like in Facebook that Google+ did not have, until yesterday, was the ability to be reminded when your friends and family have birthdays that day.
Irene Chung from Google announced on Google+ that Google now has that feature.

DMOZ Link Now Without Value?
It has been almost three years since I talked about the Open Directory Project – DMOZ on this site. I guess it shows how much the SEO community cares for it these days…

Google Fixing AdSense Bug: Rejected Ad Requests
A month and a half ago, I reported on a weird bug that was affecting some Google AdSense publishers where they were receiving notifications of rejected ad requests.

Since then, it was pretty quiet on the front…

A Panda Hat
The way I discover these images for the Search Pic of the Day column is subscribing to Flickr and other image sites by tag. This image was tagged with “microsoft” but from what I can tell has nothing

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Embarking on a new adventure! #google #lastdayintheoffice …, Fili Wiese – Google+
Google search results poor quality – Bing giving better results, Google Web Search Help