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 Webmaster Central Wants Your Ideas
This is your chance to give the Webmaster Central team your ideas and have the SEO community vote on them. The more votes your ideas get, the more likely the Google team will work on them. The Google Blog post links us to the Product Ideas for Webmaster Central Google Moderator section. There you can submit new ideas or vote on existing ideas. Currently there are 72 people have submitted 55 ideas and cast 609 - Google My Client Center AdWords Professionals Having Technical Issues
Some AdWords professionals who manage their customer campaigns via the My Client Center (MCC) are having technical issues with the AdWords console. A WebmasterWorld thread is reporting that these advertisers are being booted out of the individual campaigns and back to the MCC front page, making it extremely difficult for them to manage these accounts. This has been happening on and off since late May. The first report said: I keep getting kicked back to - Google Announces AdSense for iPhone & Android Apps
We have been seeing Google test AdSense in iPhone apps for a few months now, but not it is official. Google announced the beta for AdSense for Mobile Apps. That means that some app developers can add Google AdSense ads to their iPhone or Android applications. To apply as a developer, go here - personally, I want in! Here are sample ads taken from Shazam on my iPhone: Google Ad in AdSense: Bing Ad in - Google Export Advisor Helps AdWords Advertiser Market Globally
Google recently launched Google Export Advisor a tool that uses "Google translation and search data to provide an estimate of market opportunities across the world." Search Laboratory has an excellent post looking at how it works, but I'll do something similar here. This tool combines three Google tools: Keyword Tool: Use this to get new keyword ideas. Just enter a few descriptive words or phrases, and it will generate a list of keyword ideas.Google Translator: - Bing's Traffic Spike From Fake Spam Tests?
There has been a lot of Bing buzz on how the 'new' search engine is competing in the search landscape. But is that traffic all legit? Remember, since April 2007, Microsoft has been sending weird referrals to many webmasters. They were known as internal cloaking tests designed by Microsoft's search quality team. But even though they promised to cool it with those visible tests, it came back time and time again. Today, we are seeing - New AdWords Interface Training Webinar
Google is offering a free webinar to educate advertiser on the new AdWords interface. The webinar takes place tomorrow, Friday, June 26th at 11am (PST). To register, go to this URL and sign up. This webinar will teach you how to use the new interface. Ariel Bardin, Product Management Director for the new AdWords interface, will guide you through the new interface. You'll learn how to manage your account using the new interface and make
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Is PageRank Lost on Links to Binary Files (e.g. ZIP, EXE, TAR)?, WebmasterWorld
- What does this mean: "You've temporarily exceeded your email quota. Please wait for a while and try sending again.", Google Docs Help
- $19k In 10 Hours Via Twitter, Cre8asite Forums
- Optimising Same Page For Two Slghtly Different Terms, HighRankings Forums
- Optimizing eCommerce Websites for SEO, HighRankings Forums
