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's 2010 Christmas Holiday Logo: 17 Portraits
Today an hour ago, Google launched their holiday logo. Typically Google will launch the series on December 21st, but held off to launch it this morning as one logo with 17 logos within them... - Google Launches Nearby Shops In UK
Google announced a new feature for product searching in the UK, Nearby Shops. Nearby Shops shows you nearby stores that sell what you are searching for. To try it out... - Google & ASA Try To Require Disclosure Of Paid Links In UK
The ASA will investigate SEO practices from eConsultancy reports that the Advertising Standards Authority (AMA) in the UK will require web sites to disclose if they are placing paid links on their web site. In addition... - Getting Google "Sitelinks" Under Your Brand Search Result
Google "Sitelinks" are those which can be most often found just under the first result for a branded search term... - Oh My Google New York, Look How You've Grown
Yesterday, Google announced they closed on the purchase of the New York office they have been leasing since 2006. I visited the Google New York office shortly after it was open. The place was still a ghost town - Yahoo Ask America Van
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Local SEO Experiment - Google's Change Location, Sphinn
- The Decade In Search, Sphinn
- WMT showing 301s as backlinks, WebmasterWorld