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:
- Link Building 2009 - Build Your Own Cliques For Link Relevancy
I am a paid supporter of WebmasterWorld and to be honest, I don't often use the paid only rooms. But for the thread I am about to discuss, I can tell you, the small fee I paid to have access to this paid area, was well worth it. Moderator, Martinibuster shared with us a new form of link building that he is finding that is working for him. Now, I won't go through everything he - Is There a Recent Big Brand Bias at Google Search?
There is an interesting thread at WebmasterWorld that Google may be biased towards showing more and more "big brands" in the top Google web search results. Yea, yea - big brands have more links, more trust, more pages and bigger budgets to rank better. We all know that. But some are speculating that this month, more than any other month, there was a spike in how Google ranks these big brands. Tedster, WebmasterWorld's administration, goes - Google's Phone (Android) Paid Apps Won't Update
There is so much love for Google's new mobile phone, the G1 or Android phone. A week or two ago, Google announced that they are now accepting paid apps to the app marketplace. But now, we are seeing reports that paid apps cannot be updated. A Google Mobile Help thread has confirmed reports from a Googler that there is indeed a bug. A G1 paid app user said, "after you purchase a paid and and - Yahoo May See Major Reorganization In Coming Weeks
Yahoo's new CEO, Bartz, is rumored to be pushing out a major reorganization for the troubled search engine in the upcoming weeks. Kara Swisher at AllThingsD, I believe, broke the news about this coming down. You can see some additional coverage on the news at Techmeme. Greg Sterling summarizes this new management style as "top down" approach, something Yahoo might not be use to. But Yahoo needs change and maybe this will be it. Supposedly, - February '09 Google Image Search Update?
It was just about a month ago when we reported a Google image search update and now I am seeing reports of another update. A senior WebmasterWorld member posted a thread at WebmasterWorld on the 20th, reporting a new Google Image Search update. Zeus said: Yesterday I saw some few glitches here and there in the Image search, but today there are some BIG changes, new Images has been added again, maybe also moderate filter - Misinterpreting SEO Advice
The SEO industry is a conflicted industry to work in, in many respects. Much of the public still thinks this is a form black magic, some feel the industry is packed with scam artists and some just totally don't get it. Let's not forget the conflict of the struggle between the search engine and the search engine optimizers. Oh, then black hat versus white hat. It makes for a very conflicted industry. The last thing
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Resolved: backlinks data is missing for some sites, Webmaster Help Forum Announcements
- Ridiculous change to Adwords Policy re: display URL: Must Read, DigitalPoint Forums
- Issue with toolbar being greyed out on Documents resolved, Google Docs Help
- What's going on with Insight for Google Video?, Google Video Help
- "/" character is subsituted by / in Google Reader, Google Groups
- Digg Finally Admits the Auto-Bury Exists, Sphinn
- Hack Redirect Analysis from Google's John Mueller - scary stuff, WebmasterWorld
- Why were my December 2008 YouTube earnings moved to January 2009?, Google AdSense Help
- Blue Collar SEO, Cre8asite Forums
- Invited as a business by students for Google Challenge. Can I take part. Dont think account active in last 6 months!, Google AdWords Help
