Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google groups'

Official YouTube Support Comes to Google Groups

The YouTube Blog announced that they have launched a YouTube support forum at Google Groups. The forum can be found at groups.google.com/group/youtube-help. As you know, we track forums for new discoveries, insights and hot topics. So we will be adding...

Google AdWords Pros Are Looking for Forum Members to Improve Group Experience

Do you frequent Google Groups for help on your Google AdWords account? AdWordsPro.Sarah says in a forum post that the AdWords team is looking for feedback to improve the forum user experience. If you want to offer your feedback, respond...

Googler, Bergy - Berghausen, Leaves Google

I am sad to report that Mark Berghausen, aka Bergy, of Google Webmaster Central, has decided to leave Google to pursue his legal profession. Bergy, as he likes to go by, has responded to well over a 100 questions in...

Chark Added To Google Search Quality Support Team

First spotted by John, a new Googler has been added to the Google Webmaster team, to help webmasters in Google. The Googler's name is Chark, he goes by Char, and he is part of the Search Quality team. He promises...

Major Gmail IMAP Outage Overtake Google Groups Forum

If you rely on Google's email server, be it Gmail or Google Apps, you may have noticed a major issue with connecting via the IMAP server. As I reported at Search Engine Land, Google's IMAP server seemed to black out,...

Google Adds Two More AdSensePro Reps: Brian & Suman

Just four months ago, Google added two new AdSense representatives to the Google Groups area to help the original AdSensePro. Since then, AdSensePro Ashley and Jordan have been hard at work helping AdSense publishers in the AdSense Help Group. Google...

Google Webmaster Help Group Highlights Contributing Members

Google Groups has a new section called the Google Webmaster Help Bionic Posters where they recognize the biggest contributors to the Google Groups over the past few years. Here are the best posters of the month: ** webado (Christina) **...

Google Introduces Non Googler's As "AdWords API Gurus"

AdWords API Advisor at the Google AdWords API Group has introduced three non-Googlers with the title of "AdWords API Gurus." AdWords API Advisor posted the details at a Google Groups thread with the announcement. This is a new Google program...

Graham From Google Reader Help Leaves

I am a huge fan of Google Groups, specifically the forums where Google representatives offer assistance on their products. This ranges from Google Webmaster Help to Google AdSense Help and as far as Google Docs Help and Google Reader Help...

Google Groups Spammed, Spammer Accounts Disabled

Our beloved Google Groups was hit with some forum spam the other day. A Google Groups thread in the Webmaster Help section reported it back on January 30th. Duncan at TechCrunch reported it a day earlier with his Go To...

Google Groups Performs Database Maintenance

If you're extremely dependent on Google Groups, be advised that Google is currently doing some database maintenance. Google Groups Guide 2 says: I wanted to let you all know that our team is doing some database maintenance, which is causing...

Google Reports Google Groups Email Latency, Now Fixed

If you subscribe to Google Groups via email and have noticed any latency regarding the receipt of your emails, be advised that the problem is now fixed. How do you subscribe via email to Google Groups? Simply click "Join this...

Should Webmasters & SEOs Contact Matt Cutts of Google?

I don't know about you, but a lot of webmasters think that Matt Cutts has unlimited time and can answer everyone's individual requests about their websites. Matt Cutts apparently gives off the impression of omnipresence. And now, a DigitalPoint Forums...

Matt Tries to 'Cutt' Out of Google Webmaster Questions

Google Groups member JLH spotted a line on Matt Cutts's blog where he suggests that forum members take advantage of Google Groups to get their questions answered: Got a webmaster-related question or suggestion that is not directly related to the...

Google AdSense Team Addresses Ad Placement

A DigitalPoint Forums thread discusses a blog post by the Google AdSense team about how to avoid accidental clicks on campaigns. Ads placed in the following areas are more susceptible to be clicked, according to the Google AdSense team, and...

Google Personalized Home Pages Begin To Come Back After Scare

Yesterday I reported at Search Engine Land that many users of the Google personalized home page have suddenly lost their customized settings. The threads were endless. We have reports at Google Blogoscoped Forums, tons of threads at Google Groups (including...

What To Do When A Google Groups Administrator Dies

I spotted an interesting thread at Google Groups asking how can one take over a group, when the original and only Group administrator has passed away? The owner/administrator of our sailing group died a few weeks ago. We have a...

Google Groups Launches New Design

While I was reading Adam Lasnik's "little algo secret", I noticed the Google Groups Beta design is now officially out of beta. I personally really like the new design. The new design has changed from the orange/yellow color to a...

Google Groups Google Webmaster Help Fixes Issues

A great forum and resource to get help with your Google ranking issues is the Google Groups: Google Webmaster Help Forum. But recently, the forum seemed pretty static and inactive. On January 11th, a member posted a thread asking what...


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