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 Now Shows Song Lyrics In Search Results
Another One Bites the Dust... The lyrics business just got hit big, Google is now showing detailed lyrics for many song titles in the search results... - Google AdWords Store Visits: Tracking In-Store Conversions
Google announced something really big, which I am surprised the search marketing community isn't talking about more. They launched "Store Visits," a new estimate added to your estimated total conversions within your AdWords campaign that aims on bridging your online ads to physical in-store conversion sales. - Notable Alumni In The Google Knowledge Graph
This actually dates back at least a couple months, but no one really talked about it in our community until now. That is, the Google Knowledge Graph "Notable Alumni" carousel. A WebmasterWorld thread has one user saying "it's not inaccurate... - Google Shopping Campaigns Added To Google Partner Certification
Google announced on Google+ that they've expanded the partner program to include shopping campaign certification. Google said "weâre very excited to extend the Google Partners certification offerings to include a new Google Shopping exam in the United States... - Google Scream Room
- The Winter Solstice By Google Doodle
Google has a Doodle, aka Google Logo, on their home page on many of the Google properties for the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and the longest night of the year. The Doodle also represents the first day of Winter...
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- So first we called "negative seo" to spammy links pointing to a site. Now we…, Google+ - Pedro Dias
- Help Skydiving Santa collect candy-cane rings and Christmas gifts—play Maps…, Google+ - Google Maps
- Multiple Banned AdSense Users Suing Google Alleging Fraud, WebmasterWorld
- Print Function And Possible Duplicate Content, HighRankings Forums
