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 Closing Authorship Project?
AJ Kohn, someone who focuses more on authorship and rich snippets than most SEOs I know, wrote a story named Authorship Is Dead, Long Live Authorship.
In that story, he describes why he thinks the classic Authorship Project is slowing being closed down…
Google Removes Your Manual Penalty But Your Rankings Won’t Improve
I see threads like this Google Webmaster Help thread all the time. In summary they say, my manual penalty was revoked by Google after I spent the time cleaning up my mistakes but days, months, and even years later, my rankings, traffic and thus sales have not improved at all…
SEOs Get Ready For 15% Reduction In Google Rich Snippets
As many of you know, Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, announced at PubCon that you should expect a 15% reduction in the amount of rich snippets and authorship displayed in the Google search results…
Google Logo For Edith Head 116th Birthday
Edith Head would be 116 years old today, the only woman to have won eight Academy Awards. She was a well-known costume designer…
Google Switzerland Gets LEGO Made Yoda To Darth Vader
This is pretty amazing, Google spent 10+ hours building a lego picture of The Force. Where depending on the angle of the light, the image
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