Daily Search Forum Recap: July 4, 2011

Jul 4, 2011 - 4:00 pm 0 — by

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 Real Time Search, Wonder Wheel & More Go Offline
    On Sunday, we posted two stories at Search Engine Land that were significant. They included Google Realtime Search Goes Missing and The Google Wonder Wheel Is Gone. Yes, Google features are dropping left and right and without warning...
  • Pic: Negative Links In Google Webmaster Tools
    In February we reported on webmasters complaining they were seeing negative link counts in Google Webmaster Tools. Today, I spotted a thread at Google Webmaster Help showing this actually happening. A picture really proves it...
  • Google Notifications For Buying Links
    In January, Google began to send out webmaster tools notifications for selling links. Now it appears that Google is sending out notifications for buying links.
  • USA.com Delisted By Google Over Fourth Of July
    Besides for Google leaving out the American flag on their July Fourth logo, which I honestly don't feel is a big deal anyway...
  • Google Forgets American Flag In Fourth Of July Logo
    Happy Fourth of July everyone and I hope you enjoyed the fireworks last night. Like every July 4th, the search engines dress up their home pages with festive logos and themes to celebrate the day. Below I will post the logos from Google, Yahoo...
  • Google Dublin Playroom
    Kaspar from Google tweeted a picture of one of the new playrooms added to Google's Dublin office. As some of you know, Google moved to a new Dublin office recently and it is a nice place to work.

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