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.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: October 1, 2009
Posted: October 1st, 2009, 11:00pm CEST by rustybrick
Tags: Search Forum Recap
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Google Names My "Deep Sitelinks" as "Forum Sitelinks"
Posted: October 1st, 2009, 3:44pm CEST by rustybrick
Tags: Google Optimization
Last night, the official Google Blog announced that they are now showing Forum Sitelinks. This is a special form of Sitelinks, which I previously named deep(er) Sitelinks. Here is a picture:
It is incredibly useful with blogs, forums and any site that covers a very nice topic, over and over again. This allows Google to show what they think is the best result for the query at the top and then show an additional four results from that site that also makes sense. Plus Google is able to show the date and number of posts in that thread.
Why didn't I call them Forum Sitelinks? Well, it doesn't only apply to forums, it also applies to blogs and similar sites link that.
In any event, it is a nice search feature.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.
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Foggy Google Maps Satellite Pictures?
Posted: October 1st, 2009, 3:38pm CEST by rustybrick
Tags: Other Google Topics
If you check out New Delhi on Google Maps, you will see a big fog hovering over the location. Why is that?
Here is a current picture:
A Google Maps Help thread reported this issue this morning. A few hours later, Howard from the Google Maps team replied, "Thanks for the report. We will look into this."
Have you see major clouds or fog in Google Maps before?
Forum discussion at Google Maps Help.
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A Week Later, Google AdWords Fixes "Low Share of Voice" Bug
Posted: October 1st, 2009, 3:28pm CEST by rustybrick
Tags: Google AdWords
About a week ago, we reported that Google AdWords accounts were hit with "Low Share of Voice" notices from Google. These notices appeared in their reports and it shocked and upset many advertisers who have been optimally running their campaigns for years.
After about a week or so of investigation by Google AdWords reps and engineers, Google has confirmed it was a reporting bug.
AdWordsPro Stephen told us yesterday:
I've asked for more information that I can share on this issue, but I wanted to update you immediately that the problem has been resolved. I want to reiterate that the labels had no effect on your performance, but you may have seen them if your campaign was experiencing a different issue that caused problems.
'Share of Voice' is still a part of AdWords, and these labels may appear in your account, but they should not be as common as they were during this period.
If you are still having issues, I would ask Stephen or the other Google reps in the Google AdWords Help thread.
Forum discussion at Google AdWords Help.
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Google Sync Goes Down: Gmail Push for iPhone Fails For Many
Posted: October 1st, 2009, 3:21pm CEST by rustybrick
Tags: Other Google Topics
A couple weeks ago, Google brought push Gmail to the iPhone via an expanded version of Google Sync. People were incredibly happy about this and they signed up right away.
Yesterday, people started reporting in a Google Mobile Help thread that Google Sync was down for them. The first reports came Tuesday late night or Wednesday early morning. Later on yesterday, Googler Bing, replied to the thread with a short heads up, "Thanks guys, we're looking into it!"
Soon after it began working again, for some. Others had issues getting things back in sync. Calendars, contacts and emails seemed to be missing or misinterpreted.
The thread is ongoing with complaints and issues, but I think, overall, Google has fixed the Google Sync issue by now.
Forum discussion at Google Mobile Help.
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Bing Adds Visual Search & More Links On Home Page
Posted: October 1st, 2009, 3:18pm CEST by rustybrick
Tags: Microsoft MSN Search
15 days ago, Bing launched visual search, if you haven't heard about it, click the link and watch the video demo.
Today, people are noticing that Bing has added a link to visual search directly from the Bing home page. So I compared a Bing home page image I had from a month ago, to what I see there today, and I see Bing has added two new links. They added the visual search link and also a link to "more."
Here is a picture from September 1st, ignore the arrow, just focus on the links on the left:
Here is a picture from today:
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.