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 17, 2010
This week at the Search Engine Roundtable, we covered that Bing added the links reports back to Bing Webmaster Tools. There may be a small ranking update happening at Google…
Google: Don’t Spam Maps Categories, Rather Get Customer Reviews
A Google Places Help thread has a Google Maps Product Manager, Jeremy Sussman…
The Web Mourns The Expected Loss Of AltaVista & Delicious
The web is mourning the expected loss of beloved icons of the Internet, AltaVista, Del.icio.us, Yahoo Buzz and many other Yahoo properties.
3D & Offline Mode Comes To Google Maps on Android
As expected Google announced the next version of Google Maps for Android which brings 3D streets and offline mode capability.
3D Maps:
Google is using vector graphics to make the rendered streets 3D so you can tilt, rotate…
Bing Shopping Rejecting Merchants
A Bing Shopping Help thread has a couple of new Bing Shopping merchants complaining about recent rejections to inclusion of their store in Bing Shopping…
November 2010 Retail Sales Surpass Forecasts
Retailers are beginning to let out a sigh of relief, and many third party reports are supporting evident growth in consumer shopping over the same period since 2009. A thread at Webmaster World Forums, U.S. November Retail Sales Surpass Forecasts…
Google AdWords Editor Access Bug
Google has confirmed a bug impacting some AdWords advertisers trying to use the AdWords Editor. Some advertisers won’t be able to see some of their accounts within the editor.
The confirmation came from a Google AdWords representative named Bindu…
Bing Taxi Service
Bing promotion from a while back with a Bing and Decide taxi driver.
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
Comscore reports Bing gains, Google, Yahoo loses Bing, WebmasterWorld
Facebook Will Beat Revenue Targets This Year, WebmasterWorld
Google and MySpace In New Search Deal, WebmasterWorld
Facbook Offline, Briefly, Over Leaked Prototypes, WebmasterWorld
