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:
- Crossed Out Keywords In Google's "Similar Searches"
Steven Weldler posted a possible new Google web search feature on Google+. If you search for a long tail keyword and Google can't find too many matches, Google will show you "results for similar searches." Now that isn't new... - Google Updates AdSense Ad Policy: Only One 300x600 Per Page
Just under a month ago, Google released a really large ad format - 300x600. The new ad format, as Google said, is "brand friendly" and is also typically called a half page unit... - Is Google Crawling Your Content? Check Google Translate
Typically, if you are unsure if Google is able to crawl and index your content - you can login to Google Webmaster Tools and use the fetch as GoogleBot tool. But if you do not want to use that tool... - Google AdSense Now Warning Of Delayed Reporting
Google has just saved itself a tremendous amount of time in AdSense customer support. One of the most common questions I see in the Google AdSense forums is about the performance reports being delayed, stalled or very outdated... - On 12/12/12 At 12:12:12 Will Google Do Something Special?
Folks are asking if Google plans on doing something special today when the clock strikes 12:12 and 12 seconds. Today is December 12... - Google Takes Out The Old Chanukah Decorations
Now if you search for [hanukkah] or [dreidel] or [menorah] or other Hanukkah related search terms, Google will show decorations in the search results. It took them 4 of the 8 days of Hanukkah to put them up, but they are now indeed up... - Happy Holidays From Google San Francisco
Dennis Goedegebuure from TheNextCorner posted a picture on Twitter of a Happy Holidays setting at the Google San Francisco office. I am not sure how large the San Francisco office is but they do cel
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Facebook Rolls Out Social Gifting To U.S. Users, WebmasterWorld
- What are the advantages of 301 redirects over…, Kaspar Szymanski - Google+
- November Forum Award Winner - geo.osm, Google Maps Help
