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:

Did Google Soften The EMD Algorithm?
Over a year ago, Google introduced an algorithm to reduce the amount of exact match domains from showing up when those EMDs are not as useful as other sites.
Some at…

Google: Duplicate Content Pollutes 25-30% Of The Web
We all know Google’s take on duplicate content, it is not spammy, it is not something they have penalties for unless you are being completely evil…

Google On IE11 Displays Left Aligned
Google and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 11 are not acting nicely together. In short, if you are using IE11 and you do a search at Google, the results will be extremely close to the left hand side of the page…

Google: Let’s Go Caroling Card
There is a new Google Now card for a search on [Let’s Go Caroling], honestly, I am surprised it does not work on all Google searches.

In any event…

Google AdSense A/B Test Winner Not Setting?
A month ago, Google launched native A/B testing for AdSense ads.

When Google was 95% confident of an ad type being a winner, it would show you the results and let you choose the winner to continue to run…

Google Glass Snowman‎
The snow is here in many parts of the world and who would have thought to put Google Glass on a snowman? Donovan Baldwin did. Honestly, I would have also if I didn’t have sent back my Glass for a re

Other Great Search Forum Threads:

Inspect your mobile site with PageSpeed Insights for common…, Pierre Far – Google+
My legit inbound link turned into spam link after their site was hacked, WebmasterWorld
New Rules for Domain Name Registrants Starting January 2014, WebmasterWorld
This is what happens when you bait Matt Cutts into an attack, blackhatworld.com