Google announced on the AdSense blog a new “quality effort” they are rolling out. Before you can earn money from ads you place on web sites, you need to first add them to your verified sites section in AdSense and Google has to verify them

Google is getting in the Halloween spirit with a first-of-its-kind Google Doodle. The post Google Celebrates Halloween With First-Ever Multiplayer Google Doodle by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google is making a change to AdSense that will require every new site to go through a verification process. The post Google AdSense Policy Change: All New Sites Need to be Verified by @MattGSouthern appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

After months of complaints in the Google News Help forums from some Google News publishers saying their content is not being surfaced or discovered by their audience in Google News, Google said they are investigating. Lisa Wang from Google wrote the other day “We’re aware of the concerns some publishers have raised about issues around finding their sites or particular articles in Google News. We’re looking into the reports and will provide an update soon.”

Get a better understanding of the types of visitors campaigns are driving in-store. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Google had a big issues years ago, every Google algorithm update was about PageRank and subsequently DA (which is something Google doesn’t even have) – it was all about links. Google knew that was an issue.

Should you disavow links from low DA sites? What if they’re sending you lots of traffic?

Bing highlights some search features that are popular during the upcoming season.