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:

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: October 7, 2011
I was offline last week, so this recap includes two weeks of news. Google released a Panda update, version 2.5…
Google Adds New Metric For Call Tracking For Mobile Ads
Google announced a new ad tracking metric for tracking calls or click to calls triggered from mobile landing pages. The new metric is fully integrated into your AdWords campaign and gives you just a bit more useful information for your advertiser efforts…

Bing Enhanced Local Business Portal
Matt McGee at Search Engine Land has a deeper dive on the new features of the Bing Business Portal and what new was added.

In short, they include:

Group Deals
Virtual Punchcards (Loyalty Offers)
Create Printed Materials…

Google Definitions Asking Users To Email [email protected]
There are many reports in the Google Web Search Help forums that Google Definitions feature is not working on some browsers for some people…

Google Swag In The Trunk
Masaki Ishitani posted a picture on Flickr of a trunk filled with Google stuff, likely Google Shwag. The bags read, Google Online Store, but it is hard to tell what is in them.

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Spanish version Quieres trabajar en Google o conoces a…, Google
Why Rank Checking Is Not Critical (at least for me), Sphinn