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:
- Poll: Were You Affected By Google Penguin 2.0?
It has been just under a week since Google Penguin 2.0 (#4) was released and I wanted to gauge in an anonymous poll how SEOs and webmasters were impacted. With Penguin 1.0, 64% claimed they were hurt by that update. There were very few recoveries since. The interesting thing... - Google Shares Insight Into Content Removal: 404s Confirmation & More
A Google Webmaster Help thread has some interesting details from Google's John Mueller about content removal from Google's index and/or search results. Some of these points you already know but every SEO and webmaster should understand these. Heck... - Google AdWords Weekly Reports No Longer Just On Mondays
Google quietly announced on Google+ a change on how weekly scheduled AdWords reports can be emailed to you. Prior, when you scheduled your reports to be emailed to you on a weekly cycle, it would only arrive on Monday. Now... - The Google Glass Tefillin Stand: Geeky Religious Marketing
A reader who is actually an ex-Googler and orthodox Jew, forwarded me an email he received from the Chabad of Stanford that was titled "Google Glass Tefillin Stand." - Slow Motion Option Added To YouTube Editor
One of the biggest complaints I get about my search videos is that I talk way too fast. I get that complaint in general about the way I talk, but when you have thousands of views on each video, I know I should slow down... - Google's Internet Switch
Google's Jeremy Milo, a Product Marketing lead for Google+ and Hangouts, posted a picture on Google+ of an interesting switch he spotted at the Google offices. The switch is a small flip switch, with
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Tip 2: Why are AdWords ads disapproved?, AdWords Community
- YouTube maintenance: Thursday May 30, 2-4pm PST, YouTube Help
- Lost access to the new Google Maps? Read this., Google Maps Help