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 :: December 7, 2012
This week at the Search Engine Roundtable I give the monthly Google webmaster report. We also discuss how Matt Cutts told us that most of the webmaster tools notifications are black hat related and only 3% are link related…
Google’s AdSense Banning & Appeal Process Get Better
Google announced they are making changes to the AdSense to the process they use to suspend and ban publishers…

Google+ Communities Goes Live: I Get 50+ Community Invites
Last night, Google launched a new section on Google+ named Google+ Communities.

In short, it is discussion forums within the Google+ network but obviously, Google+yfied.

It launched and started rolling out last night and over night…

Sullivan Interviews Vic Gundotra Of Google+ At SMX
Last night, Danny Sullivan interviewed Google+’s Vic Gundotra during the SMX Social Media Keynote in Las Vegas.
What did we learn?

What’s New With The New YouTube Design
Last night, YouTube launched a new design for the site – it is a pretty significant change.
The main thing you will notice is that the videos are much higher on the page.

The Binary Google Door
Google has a door that has zeros and ones on it, in other words, binary. The glass door is made up of a sequence of zeros and ones that may say welcome or maybe something else. Can you interpret it?

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

AdSense for Feeds Shutdowns – Big Loss of Earnings – See My Stats, DigitalPoint Forums
Report: Facebook Works On Buying Microsoft’s Ad Serving, WebmasterWorld
Getting Passed By Link Builders, WebmasterWorld
Impressive results for the AdWords Community!, AdWords Community
Is Content King for an Unknown Company?, WebmasterWorld
See Uploads Only and find popular videos: FAQs about YouTube’s new look, YouTube Help