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:

U.S. Senator Gives SEO Another Black Eye
Jay Rockefeller and the US Senate Committee sent a letter to Google, Microsoft and Yahoo asking them to do a better job preventing their search engines…
Google AdSense New Payment Page
A WebmasterWorld thread has several Google AdSense publishers pretty confused over the new payment page…

Only 13% Feel DMOZ Links Really Matter For Search Rankings
We recently showed in a poll results post that only 26% would buy a Yahoo Directory link.
But how important do these same users feel an ODP (dmoz.org) link is …

Over 75% Feel Google Will Kill FeedBurner
A couple weeks ago, we ran a poll asking you if you feel FeedBurner has a future at Google.
We asked because there is and was a lot of concern around …

More On Google Authorship Benefits
AJ Kohn’s Why Getting Read Could Improve Your AuthorRank uncovered some new nuggets about Google Authorship that you may have not known.
I think Matt McGee…

Google Germany Larry Page & Sergey Brin Poster
Stefan Keuchel from Google posted a picture of the Google Germany lobby area on Google’s 14th birthday. You can see…

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

From a Former Google Research Scientist, WebmasterWorld
Is a.com OK for UK traffic – or is a .co.uk domain better?, WebmasterWorld
Two Website With Different Tld, HighRankings Forums