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 Update Reports Again: September 12th
I’ve received a few emails, a bunch of tweets, plus I noticed new comments on our older posts and some updates in the WebmasterWorld thread that signifies a possible Google update rolling out this month.
The chatter is there…
Google: Unlinked URLs Use For Discovery But Not Ranking
I apologize for missing this a week ago, when I was sitting in the Google hangout where Google’s John Mueller went on record that Google uses unlinked URLs or domains in body content as a way of discovering new content and pages.
John Mueller…
Google AdSense New Formats: Blue Circle Arrows & Cleaner Spaced Ads
Google is testing a new AdSense ad format. The new format has a whiter and cleaner feel, with blue circle enclosed arrows, with hover over animations that expand the ad. The old format had block arrows…
Two Months Later, Google Alerts RSS Option Returns
Over two months ago, Google quietly dropped support for Google Alerts delivery via RSS/feed. It was believed that it was dropped because of the demise of Google Reader and that has not changed.
What has changed is that the RSS/Feed delivery option has returned…
Google AdWords New Ad Format Labeled “Ad”
Spotted by two of our readers, @adaircameron and @tecnonetblog, Google is showing a new ad format test for mobile AdWords ads.
This one is interesting because it shows the ad as a normal search results listing…
Google’s Cutts: Hit By Panda? Then Write Better Content!
Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, posted a video on what to do if you think your site may have been impacted in a bad bad way by the Panda algorithm.
In short…
Google Mini Foosball Table
Stefan Keuchel, Google Germany’s PR Manager, posted a picture on Google+ of a miniature Google foosball table. I am sure they have many normal size foosball tables at Google’s various offices around
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
10 years Google Dublin I’m happy and proud to be part of…, Moritz Tolxdorff – Google+
Google Reminds AdSense Publishers About Content and Copyright, WebmasterWorld
Do links still help as much as they used to?, WebmasterWorld
Google U.S. Streetview Privacy Case Seeks Class Action Status, WebmasterWorld
Hangout on Air: Metrics that Matter, AdWords Community
