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 :: January 6, 2012
Happy 2012 everyone... - Google's 30 Most Recent Search Quality Changes
Google provided an update with the 30 or so most recent search quality updates. They also added in the code names, when applicable, used internally at Google for each of these updates. They include words like concepts, leaf, simple, greencr, Megasitelinks, foby... - My Site's Ranking Dropped, It's Google Panda
This happens with every Google update - when a site owner feels their site was downgraded in Google, they blame the most talked about and recent Google update. Heck, I even see people blame the Google Sandbox for their site ranking issues. With Google Panda... - Can White Hats Use Black Hat Tactics?
A Cre8asite Forum thread has a nice deep discussion around the use of black hat SEO techniques while being a so called "white hat... - Yahoo's Past CEO Line Up
Aaron Parecki posted a picture on Flickr of the Wall Street Journal's cover showing Yahoo's past CEOs and their bios. It has Tim Koogle from 1995 to May 2001, Terry Semel from May 2001 - June 2007, J
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Has Panda Created an Era of New Domain SPAM?, WebmasterWorld
- MS declares IE6 Dead, WebmasterWorld
- Vint Cerf: Internet Access is Not a Human Right, WebmasterWorld