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 Panda 3.9 Refresh Rumors
A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around a possible Google Panda update. This would be version 3.9 and happening only a little over 2 weeks after the last update, Google Panda 3.8. There are SEOs and webmasters claiming recoveries from previous Panda damage and other webmasters claiming major drops in their rankings. Because some webmasters - Google: Infographic Links To Be Discounted
I am sure Matt Cutts is loving me now. :) The other day I covered at Search Engine Land how Infographic Links Might Get Discounted In The Future. It was from an awesome interview by Eric Enge with Matt Cutts... - Google Auction Site Penalty - Seriously?
I've heard dozens, maybe hundreds, of different types of Google penalties, much of them are completely false - clearly typical Google myths. Here is a new one to add to the pile of Google penalty myths. - Google Local / Places Analytics Broken
For the past week or so, there have been complaints in the Google Places Help forum about the analytics on the Google Places Dashboard not loading. Jade from Google said yesterday that the issue was resolved but is it? - Android Miniature Golf
At Google I/O, Google set up a miniature golf space themed around Android. Look at all those robots and all that green. Who doesn't love playing miniature golf? Paul Wilcox shared a picture of this
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Check out the new Google+ iPad app!, Google+ Help
- The Stuck Thread : Google AdSense, WebmasterWorld
- Data-centric pages suffer with article-centric Google, Google Webmaster Help
- It's time to delink inbounds urgently - but how?, WebmasterWorld