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 Testing Genie Animated AdSense Ads Again
A WebmasterWorld thread has new reports of Google testing those animated AdSense ads again. The animation looks like a genie-like animation... - Facebook Rolls Expands Graph Search
Facebook announced yesterday they have expanded Graph Search to all U.S. users and it will be rolling out to more and more of these users over the next few days. Graph Search launched on January 15th of this year and made a big splash... - Google Manual Penalty Notification But Google Says No Manual Penalty...
A webmaster posted in the WebmasterWorld forums that he received a manual spam notification for "unnatural links" from Google on June 27th. He cleaned things up and quickly submitted a reconsideration request... - Do Larger Or Smaller Web Sites Rank Better In Google?
A WebmasterWorld thread is having renewed discussion around an old debate on does the size of a web site matter in Google. There is no doubt, the more pages you have on your web site, the more chances you have to rank for more keyword phrases... - Old Internet Portal Swag: Excite Blanket
Adam Hertz, an engineer who once worked at Excite, as well as tons of other companies, posted a picture of some really old swag from an internet portal, Excite. It is an Excite blanket and he said he
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