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:
Ask Me Questions Live In New York City October 3rd
I am trying something new, offering a live question and answer event for a fee in New York City.
I am doing this with a partner and I want to see if it will work.
It is a two hour event, on Monday, October 3rd at the The Center For Arts Education – Annex, New York…
Instant Previews Comes To Google Sitelinks
I am not a 100% sure if this is new, I know Google has been testing many variations of
Miss The Live Q&A With Google’s Matt Cutts? Here It Is.
Yesterday, Matt Cutts did a live YouTube broadcast with webmasters. Kind of a last minute thing, right before the anti-trust hearing.
This is the second time he did this, last time was in March…
Bing Sitemaps Files Still In Pending Status
Back in July, we reported an issue with Bing sitemaps files being stuck in pending status.
Back then, Bing confirmed there was a bug for some webmasters:
Our product team is aware of this and is being addressed at this time. Currently…
Google & Senate Antitrust Testimony
Yesterday was a busy day for Google in Washington, D.C. Google’s Eric Schmidt was the first witness called to answer questions from the committee. I watched a lot of this over the internet and I personally felt he did a very good job…
Google Maps 7 Pack Being Scaled Down?
A WebmasterWorld thread reports that Google may be scaling down the use of the local 7 pack of Google Maps results for some very local specific queries…
Connectonomics – Yahoo’s Women Marketing Event
Here is a picture of the Yahoo Insights – Connectonomics event where Yahoo showed how to do marketing to women online. The picture was posted on Flickr by yahoobrasil.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
WMT no longer allowing addresses under “Set Geographic Target”, WebmasterWorld
IP Delivery and Geo Targeting by SebastianX, Sphinn
Klout Score Optimisation or Influencer SEO, Sphinn
Are you new to Google AdWords? Stuck somewhere? Don’t know what to do next? Don’t worry, we are here to help!, Google AdWords Help
Facebook to Launch Ad Credits For Small Business, WebmasterWorld
Google Panda and thin content threshold, WebmasterWorld
Map markers don’t show up in a custom map, Google Maps Help
why doesn’t image mode show up as an option on news views anymore?, Google News Help
Wrong font in Adsense ads, WebmasterWorld
