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:
- Google AdSense Publishers: What Do You Call Yourself?
A WebmasterWorld thread is asking AdSense publisher what they call themselves. They said, often when they met people or speak to people, they are not sure what to say when people ask them what they do. Are they are publisher? Maybe a webmaster? How about an online marketer? I am sure on many levels, AdSense publishers are all of the above. So I decided to create a poll to allow you publisher to answer anonymously - NY Post "Fear Grips Google" Mocked By SEOs
The NY Post, in NY Post style, went with an over the top title for their latest article about Google, which read Fear Grips Google. Here is the introductory paragraph: You'd think nothing would get under the skin of search giant Google. But co-founder Sergey Brin is so rattled by the launch of Microsoft's rival search engine that he has assembled a team of top engineers to work on urgent upgrades to his Web service, - Bug: Google Sitemaps "Invalid XML Tag" Warning
If you are currently seeing a warning in Google Webmaster Tools that reads, "Invalid XML tag," don't worry. There are many webmasters reporting the issue and Google has confirmed it is a bug. Google said in an announcement post: Some Blogspot / Blogger sites have reported seeing a warning "Invalid XML Tag. This tag was not recognized. Please fix it and resubmit. Parent tag: author." This message is just informational and does not affect our - Google Removes File Size From Search Results Page
It appears that Google has quietly removed the file size figure from the search results. I am not sure when this happened, it could have been a year ago, but it did happen. A year and a half ago I took a screen capture of a search result for my company rustybrick and it had the file size of the page listed in the search results. Now, the same search, does not return the file - Bing's Instant Translation Gets Webmaster Approval
Bing added instant translation as a smart answer or instant answer to their search. For example, if you search for how do you say search in spanish you get the answer "búsqueda." Google also has some form of translation OneBox results, but they are not as discoverable as Bing. That means, you can't just type, how do you say something, or translate X for me. Even more importantly, Webmasters approve of how this instant translation - Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: June 12, 2009
In this week's video, I discuss the recent debate on if Google sees SEOs as criminals or not. I also discuss how Google is now notifying webmasters after they review a site. Google updated the webmaster tools design, added a major feature for domain change and also added email notifications. Google UK is suffering from a major influx. 70 percent of our readers actually like Bing. Google continues test of images between the snippet and
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Local Verification Hack - Is this a marketing strategy by Goolge, Search Engine Roundtable Forums
- Google's Treatment of NoFollow Links is Self-Defeating., WebmasterWorld
- Is bartering for links more acceptable than paying for one?, DigitalPoint Forums
- Is Seo Killing Targeted Results?, HighRankings Forums
- Stats STUCK June 14, 2009, WebmasterWorld
- Top Ten Myths About Google Analytics - SEO Edition, Sphinn
- YouTube is down - June 12, 2009, WebmasterWorld
- Feedburner Adds Map Overlay Feature, DigitalPoint Forums
- Handling A Domain Name Brand Change, Cre8asite Forums
- Language of backlinks - seems Google does not care, WebmasterWorld
- Twitter Starts Account Verification To Help Stop Impersonators, WebmasterWorld
