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 Panda 4.1 Now Rolling Out; Aims To Help Smaller Web Sites

One of my fears was that Google would announce a big algorithm update while I was offline for Rosh Hashanah and they did just that – although the update was not Google Penguin, it was Google Panda related.

This one…
Bing Search Update Last Week Also?
Everyone is talking about the big Google update, Panda 4.1 but there may have been a Bing search update last week also.

One WebmasterWorld member said he believes there was a Bing update:

Bing…

Yahoo Directory Should Not Be Shut Down; It’s Historical
Yahoo announced that they are closing down the Yahoo Directory. Yahoo was founded on the directory…

Google AdWords Ad Customizers
Google announced they are now rolling out a feature to AdWords advertisers named ad customizers.

Ad customizers adapt your text ads to the full context of a search or the webpage someone’s viewing. They can insert a keyword, the time left before a sale ends…

Google Search Billboard Ad
Google is known in the early days to do very limited advertising, in fact, to never use conventional ads. A few years ago, Google began doing more conventional ads for their more conventional product

On Google’s 16th Birthday, All Of Google’s Birthday Logos
Today is the 16th birthday of Google and for the day…

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

The Google Best Practices Checklist for Mobile Success Effective mobile…, Google+ – Google Ads
Dynamic Remarketing Hangout on Air Series!, AdWords Community
[Video] How to add negative keywords in AdWords, AdWords Community
[Video] How to cancel your AdWords account, AdWords Community