We Googlers are working on updating and clarifying the guidelines of
this group... and your input is very much welcomed!

Overally, we're pretty pleased with how this group has grown (monthly
post counts have *doubled* since July!) and how it's helped both Google
and Webmasters over the last months.  We realize, though, that it may
be time for some changes.

What I think we're going to go with is, generally, two pinned posts per
section:
1) Guidelines about participation in the group.
2) A quick set of links to answers for commonly asked questions.

The first one, I believe, is where your input could be most valuable
right now.

I'd like to note up front, however, what's not really worth debating in
this thread:
- Googler posting volume.  We're going to continue to focus more on
identifying critical issues and working with colleagues to get stuff
improved, fixed, etc.
- Removal of personal-attack posts.  We can't promise to catch 100% of
attacking posts, but we'll delete the ones we come across (or the ones
that are multi-flagged via the "Report" links).

But your thoughts are welcome on the broader issue:  how can we best
encourage folks to post in ways that make this group more efficient,
more friendly, more enjoyable overall?  Contrastingly, in addition to
personal attacks, what would you like us to absolutely prohibit?

And within that...
- What kind of subject titles do you think are best?  What type do you
hate?  URL in subject title?
- Signatures?  Love 'em?  Hate 'em? 1 line? 4 lines?
- Would you like to see more site-specific queries?  More general
Webmaster discussions as they relate to Google?

And beyond that, what do you particularly like about this group?  What
would you like to see improved?

I'm looking forward to your responses, and I wish you all a great
weekend in the meantime :-)

Regards,
Adam

P.S. -- If you haven't already done so, take a moment to check out our
new Groups interface:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help

Note that this group -- and all other Google Groups -- will eventually
switch over to this new format.  One particular benefit is that -- when
posting -- users will often see pretty closely-related threads on the
right-hand side... which may help prevent them from asking questions
that've already been asked and answered a lot :-)