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• November 21, 2008
• 14:00

  Daily Search Forum Recap: November 21, 2008

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  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....

  

  
• 9:08

  Weekly Search Buzz RoundUp - 11/21/08: Jerry Yang Steps Down, TLA Inlinks.com, and We Yell About Yelp

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Happy week before Thanksgiving! What are YOU doing next Friday? (Chances are, I'll be here blogging!) This week, we saw the biggest news of the month (or so I think), and that's where I'm going to start. Jerry Yang, Ex-CEO...

  

  
• 7:44

  Microsoft Endorses Link Exchanges -- Or Do They?

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  On the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Blog (and even in a second post), Senior Product Manager Skip Chilcott writes that link exchanges are a "popular way to generate more links." Blogger Saad Kamal has a problem with this. Citing...

  

  
• 7:02

  Google AdWords Tests Out New Interface

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  A new Google AdWords interface may be coming to an account near you. At Search Engine Land, Barry provides screenshots of this greener interface that looks like it's sporting a new green type of Gmail theme. Here are some screens:...

  

  
• 6:50

  Google AdWords Team Shares Insights into Google Optimization Center

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Want some industry information about getting the most of your Google AdWords budget? Check out the Google Optimization Center, which gives you some great strategies depending on the type of industry you're in. PDF files are offered in each individual...

  

  
• 6:38

  I'm Surprised Google Made SearchWiki The Default, Really

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  The blogosphere is buzzing about Google's announcement that they have made Google SearchWiki the default for users who are signed into Google while searching. What this means is that users will see features to promote, delete and comment on search...

  

  
• 6:29

  My Google Maps To Sync With Google Maps Mobile

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Google Maps Guide Tom replied to a Google Groups thread requesting Google to bridge the data between My Maps and Google Mobile Maps. Typically, a Google representative would say, thank you for your feedback and leave it at that. But...

  

  
• 6:25

  Google AdWords Sandbox API SOAP Requests Broken

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  For those Google AdWords API developers, you should be aware that currently any requests sent over the SOAP protocol to the API Sandbox will return an error. A Google Groups thread has one developer complaining and an official Google representative...

  

  
• 6:15

  Google Shopping (Base) Feeds Processing Errors

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Sam from OhNuts informed me that Google is having some major issues with Google Base feeds. Google Base feeds are used to send data from your site to Google Product Search, amongst other places. A Google Groups announcement thread says...

  

  
• November 20, 2008
• 14:00

  Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 2008

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  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....

  

  
• 8:19

  The Value of a Link on Google's Home Page

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Ever wonder what a link on Google's homepage would bring in terms of traffic? Let's take this G1 link: The Compete blog gives some detail into the number of clicks that link had while it was extremely visible on Google.com....

  

  
• 8:01

  Google Maps Loses Saved Locations -- Fix in Progress

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Numerous (10) Google Maps users are complaining that they are reliant upon Google Maps but the "Saved Locations" is empty even though some have saved 50 locations or so. Addresses are hard to remember by the human mind, so why...

  

  
• 7:35

  Publishers' Top Requests to Google AdSense Are...

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  A WebmasterWorld thread is gathering the top 5 publisher requests to be shared with Google's AdSenseAdvisor. Forum member participation is building up, with the following requests being made thus far: Ability to block more than 200 sites in the Competitive...

  

  
• 7:16

  Google AdWords Query Parsing Explained

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Let's say you've geotargeted your Google AdWords ad for Florida. You'd be alarmed if you saw that the ad was being run in Oslo, Norway, wouldn't you? I suppose I would be. Is this a problem with Google? Well, in...

  

  
• 6:55

  Mid-November Google Search Update

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  We have already written our Google November report but when I see a spike in conversation about Google Search changes, I try to keep you informed, even if it is not a new month. So as you know, we covered...

  

  
• November 14, 2008
• 14:00

  Daily Search Forum Recap: November 14, 2008

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  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....

  

  
• 10:30

  Weekly Search Buzz RoundUp - 11/14/08: Great PubCon Keynotes, Liveblogging Dispute & Veteran's Day

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Guess what? The "con" part of PubCon is over and the guys are preparing to head to the pub later today. But alas, I'm back in New York -- like Barry, I took the red-eye. It's 11AM EDT (or 8AM,...

  

  
• 7:13

  Is it Worthwhile to Buy a High PageRank Domain and 301ing it?

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  What happens if you want some good link juice to your domain? You may engage in the practice of buying a site and 301ing it to your old domain. In yesterday's PubCon session, we even talked about buying sites for...

  

  
• 7:11

  Do You Need Enrollment in the Google AdWords Professional Program to take the AdWords Exam?

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Google has a requirement -- at least, the site says so -- that you need to be enrolled in the Google Professional Program to be considered for the AdWords exam. But is it really required? AdWordsPro thinks so (but unfortunately...

  

  
• 6:56

  Gmail Adds Video and Voice Chat

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Want to see who you're talking to over your IM? You may want to use iChat or Skype, but now, Google Talk can support voice and IM chat. You can find out more. For those who are dependent on Skype...

  

  
• 6:45

  I'm Insulted But Should We Give Up Live Blogging?

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  It is now 8am, I am at my desk, in my office in New York. I landed this morning at about 5:20am in Newark, NJ, after flying all night (the red eye) back from PubCon Vegas 2008. It was an...

  

  
• 5:07

  Ditched GoogleBot But Now Want To Make Friends Again?

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  I found an interesting tidbit while reading a somewhat detailed thread at Google Groups. The scenario is as follows. You have blocked Googlebot from accessing your site for a 6 month period or so. Then you want to welcome Googlebot...

  

  
• 4:59

  Google AdSense's Two Hour Reporting Outage

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Google AdSense had a two hour outage yesterday morning causing lots of concern amongst the publisher groups. There are two long threads, one at Google Groups and another ad WebmasterWorld discussing the outage. The first report came in at 4:09am...

  

  
• November 13, 2008
• 18:23

  Daily Search Forum Recap: November 13, 2008

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  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....

  

  
• 18:11

  Super Session : Search Engines and Webmasters - aka: The Search Engine Smackdown

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  One of our most popular PubCon sessions, this event is also known as the Search Engine Smackdown. Expect a "State of the Engines" address by the leading search engines of today. Yahoo, Google, Ask and Microsoft will all run down...

  

  
• 17:25

  Forums and Communities : Building, Management, and Optimization

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Moderator: Brett Tabke Speakers: Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix Lawrence Coburn, President, RateItAll, Inc. Roger B. Dooley, VP of Online Community Development, Hobsons U.S. Brett Tabke, CEO, WebmasterWorld.com Chris Tolles of Topix begins: Topix is a local news aggregator. Turned it...

  

  
• 16:54

  The Wonderful World of Widgets

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Moderator: Jake Baillie Speakers: Lawrence Coburn, President, RateItAll, Inc. Peter Adams, President, Matchpoint Patrick Sexton, Search Engine Marketing Manager, We Build Pages Will Price, CEO, Widgetbox Peter Yared, CEO, iWidgets! Description: With the Web 2.0 revolution, we have seen more...

  

  
• 16:50

  Community Hacking - 96 Baiting Strategies You Can Employ

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Link-baiting is a topic that makes some people snicker when they hear it. However, the complexities and subtleties are a fascinating combination of clever copywriting and strategic placement. Did you know that there are 12 types of links? Moreover, there...

  

  
• 15:41

  Effective Domaining Strategies

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Moderator: Michael Bonfils Speakers: Jeremy Wright, CEO, B5Media Jeff Libert, CEO, DirectoryCompany.com Grace Della, CEO, Ten Golden Rules Victor Pitts, Vice President - Sales & Client Services, Moniker Online Services, LLC Grace Della: Strategy #1: Optimize sites for SEO. Select...

  

  
• 15:33

  Real-World Low-Risk, High-Reward Link Building Strategies

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  This is a follow up to last year's highly popular linking session. The panelists in this session are experts on linking and will take a critical look at linking strategies including outbound link optimization, outsourcing link building, old-fashioned linking via...

  

  
• November 06, 2008
• 14:00

  Daily Search Forum Recap: November 6, 2008

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  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....

  

  
• 7:37

  PubCon 2008: We'll Be There, and Here's Our Schedule

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Pubcon is a matter of days and Search Engine Roundtable is here to serve. Among guestbloggers Avi Wilensky of Promediacorp, Dave Rohrer, Arnie Kuenn of Vertical Measures, and Marty Weintraub of aimClear, plus with Barry and myself, we have over...

  

  
• 7:27

  Track Your Google Links Over Time with glync

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Russ Jones over at The Google Cache talks about a new tool he released for public consumption. It's called glync and gives you historical data of links you have accrued over time using Google Webmaster Tools. There is a free...

  

  
• 6:24

  Google's AdWords Forum Moves: We Are Tracking Them

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  As you know, Google is switching many of their help forums from Google Groups to a new interactive help forum. The AdSense forums, Chrome forums and now the AdWords have all moved over. AdWordsPro Sarah had the honor of posting...

  

  
• 6:17

  Google Webmaster Tools "Link From" Report Bug

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  Last month, Google added "crawl source" errors reporting to Google Webmaster Tools. Webmasters were happy with this tool, it gave them actionable items to work on. But now, it seems a bug is preventing the tool from showing the crawl...

  

  
• 6:06

  After a Google Penalty, How Long Does It Take To Get Rankings Back?

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  I'll start by saying that this is not a case study. There is a WebmasterWorld thread that asks, how long does it take to re-obtain the old rankings one had, prior to receiving a Google penalty, and then Google reincluding...

  

  
• 6:00

  Google AdSense Finally Fixed Manage Ads Color Picker

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  About 8 or so months ago, we reported an issue with the AdSense color picker, where it would not save the color in the manage ads area. An updated WebmasterWorld thread seems to have AdSense publishers confirming that this is...

  

  
• November 05, 2008
• 14:00

  Daily Search Forum Recap: November 5, 2008

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  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....

  

  
• 8:48

  Google and Yahoo Break Up, End Their Advertising Agreement

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  The Google Blog has big news -- Google and Yahoo have decided to kill their advertising agreement. The reasons cited are that the government has been reviewing the agreement but they are not happy with it. Further, some advertisers are...

  

  
• 8:17

  Google Adds Street View to Seattle, Baltimore, and Washington DC

   » ‎ Search Engine Roundtable
  In the beginning of October, Google Groups members pressured Google Maps Adam to start thinking about Street View in Washington DC. Adam said it wasn't available, but was he hiding something? After all, just about a month later, Adam informed...