Google Panda Holiday Break, Googlebot Smartphones, Hidden +1 & More

http://www.SERoundtable.com/ - This week I talked about how Google promised to not do any major Panda updates until after the holiday season. Google introduced a new crawler, named Googlebot-Mobile for Smartphones. They also enabled something called "skip redirect" for smartphone optimized content. Google Webmaster Tools added author stats under labs. Google started hiding the +1 button in the search results. Google is testing hotel comparison ads. Google is migrating AdWords users to optimize for conversions. Google released their Zeitgeist. I posted the funniest SEO threads of 2011. Google thinks poorly of English people. Google honors Robert Noyce with the microchip Google logo. That was this past week at the Search Engine Roundtable.

Official: Holiday Break For Google Panda Updates : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-panda-holiday-break-14455.html
Googlebot Mobile For Smart Phones With Skip Redirect : http://www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-mobile-smartphone-14465.html
Google Author Stats in Webmaster Tools : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-author-stats-14460.html
Google Hides/Shows +1 Button In Search Results : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-plus-one-button-search-14448.html
Google's Hotel Comparison Ads Now Live : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-hotel-ads-14458.html
Google Migrating AdWords Users To "Optimize For Conversions" : http://www.seroundtable.com/adwords-optimize-conversions-tool-14440.html
Google's Fastest Rising & Falling Searches For 2011 : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-zeitgeist-2011-14463.html
Funniest SEO Threads Of 2011 : http://www.seroundtable.com/funny-seo-discussions-14464.html
What Google Thinks Of An English Person : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-english-person-14445.html
Google Robert Noyce Chip Logo : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-chip-robert-noyce-logo-14438.html

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[thelarryful]

Thanks for toughing it out Barry. As always, your efforts are appreciated; especially from a neophyte like myself. Happy Chanukah.