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 Panda Update Graduates To Rolling Update
Last night at SMX West, Google’s Matt Cutts announced that the Panda algorithm will be more of a rolling update, as opposed to what it has been as a manually pushed out update.
I am not sure what I am going to do with my time now. I am no longer going to be able to get confirmations from Google about Panda updates. The updates are going to be less transparent - Google Hates Me: Closing Google Reader
There are very few people as dependent on Google Reader as myself. Google knows that. No, really, they do, they know I am like the top top user of Google Reader. I switched to it in 2007 from Bloglines and never looked back. Now what am I going to do?
Google announced last night that they are closing Google Reader July 1, 2013. - Google To Expand Knowledge Graph Through Hire Of Geoffrey Hinton
If I had to place one search priority above all else, I’d say right now, Google’s most ambitious project is the knowledge graph. Yea, they are pushing Google+ big time, but the knowledge graph is a level above all of that technically… - eBay Claims Google Ads Don’t Perform Well; Clearly eBay Needs New AdWords Specialists
BBC reports that eBay is questioning the real ROI and benefit of them spending millions of dollars with Google through their AdWords program.eBay released a report claiming that paying for Google AdWords has little effect on sales. The Guardian has a copy of the 25-page PDF report…
- Google & YouTube Canada Office
Here is a picture of the Google Canada and YouTube Canada office in Toronto. The image was posted by Aitchar RRHH on Flickr yesterday. - SEO Performance Should Be Measured On Search Conversions
A WebmasterWorld thread asks how can one judge and report on the SEO performance metrics when ranking reports are dead, when not provided is surging, when we have knowledge graph, Google+ and so on…
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Google Manual Penalty Samples, HighRankings Forums
- comScore: U.S. Search Share February 2013, WebmasterWorld
- Just posted this on the official google blog: Sergey and Iâ¦, Larry Page – Google+
- Twitter Revamps Its Ads Center, WebmasterWorld
