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 Maps Drops Outlining Local City Boundaries
The folks in the Google Maps Help forums and Local Search Forums are not happy that Google is no longer showing local boundaries in Google maps. Starting about a week ago, the boundaries lines from Google Maps disappeared... - Google AdWords Editor Is Not Available For Chromebook
If you want to use the Google AdWords editor, currently, it is only available for Windows computers or Apple computers. They also have iOS and Android apps but nothing for Google's own OS, Chromebooks... - Google Rolling Out New Desktop Search Interface?
It looks like Google is starting to roll out the new desktop search interface we saw them testing a month or so ago. It might be Google just bumping up the people who see the test, but I am now even able to replicate it across several browsers... - Google Recipes In Search: Found In Related Search
Seems like Google is trying out a new search feature for recipe search results. Wendy Kirwan searched for [fleishig vegetable soup recipe], fleishig means meat... - Google: Going HTTPS vs Switching URL Structures Are Different
An interesting question came up during the Google webmaster hangout on YouTube Live this past Friday... - Official Google Sandbox At YouTube
All this SEO talk about a Google Sandbox and Google saying there is no such thing - well, here is proof that Google has a Google Sandbox. It is printed on this YouTube swag. This was shared by Marque
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Twitter Acquires Friend Connection App and Business, Yes, WebmasterWorld
- Google AdSense: Four Tips to Help Make Your Site Perform Better, WebmasterWorld
- Google Arts & Culture's latest collaboration with the British Fashion Council..., Google+ - Google UK
- Twitter Now Ranking Conversations, WebmasterWorld
- When do you report, or not report, spammers?, localsearchforum.com