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:
- Bing: 130 Million URLs Removed For URL Keyword Stuffing
Bing posted something you'd never see from Google, the details around how they detect and filter out spammers who use keywords in the URLs. - Google Upgrades To New My Maps
Google announced they are bringing back the My Maps functionality, enabling users to create their own interactive maps on Google Maps. - Google's Knowledge Graph Answers Show Randomized Sources?
The other day we reported on why and when Google shows or does not show credit links for quick answers in the knowledge graph areas. Today... - Google Penalizes Turkish News Sites For Content Spam
Onur Ã-zcan informed me on Twitter that Google has supposedly slapped several large Turkish news sites for content spam and keyword stuffing on their sites... - Google AdWords Ad Preview & Diagnosis Tool Bug Resolved
A couple days ago we reported about a widespread Google AdWords bug impacting the AdWords Ad preview and diagnosis tool. I am glad to report, that as of this morning... - Google Staircase Bobsledding
Google's Andy Bohm, who works on privacy at Google, posted a picture on Google+ for everyone to see about a sign he saw posted by the staircase at the GooglePlex. The sign looks like staircase bobsle
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Directory links ok - how many to keep?, WebmasterWorld
- Need Help with Google Analytic Reporting - Landing Pages, WebmasterWorld
- Report: Facebook Testing "Moments" App Aimed at Better Micro Sharing, WebmasterWorld
