Most likely the exact same thing that happens now - no one knows until it actually changes. I wish they would tell us, would make my job a lot easier.
I wonder must it change at the start of the year? Seems their change is keep going on, not on any specific time. The google panda change has been taken place a few times this year....
Google may change their indexing policy in 2012, but i donot think it will too much. Just wait and watch
Haven't come across for generic SEO predictions but yes experts are rolling out interesting blog posts for mobile search predictions... http://searchengineland.com/seo-con...burner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main I hope some of them actually come true