Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category.
Search Industry News
- Congress Asks Google: Why Do Searches Lead To Counterfeit And Pirate Sites? – paidContent
- Our House testimony on combating copyright infringement – Google Public Policy Blog
- Google to Get $25 Million Breakup Fee If Rival Wins Bid for Nortel Patents – Bloomberg
- Whatever Happened To… Google Base – ReadWriteWeb
- Google Domain Acquisitions Indicate Possible Future Products, Deal Advisor Service – Bill Hartzer
- Google Acquires Swimming Goggle Patent – SEO by the Sea
- Google’s Driverless Car project is personal for engineer Sebastian Thrun – Los Angeles Times
- Google, Cisco back Palestinian VC fund – MarketWatch
- A new way to share local product availability with your customers – Google Merchant Blog
- Supporting our beloved science museums – Official Google Bog
- IE9 Is Boosting Bing Usage, Study Says – Search Engine Land
- @Bing Angry Birds Twitter Giveaway – Bing Search Blog
Search Engine Optimization
- Without CRO & On-Site Optimization, It’s Tempting to Abandon SEO – SEOmoz
- 16 SEO Tactics That Will NOT Bring Targeted Google Visitors – High Rankings
- Content Spinning AKA Article Spinning – Explicitly Me
- 4 Reasons Your Boss Should Care About Social Media for SEO – ClickZ
- Optimizing Photo Galleries – Shimon Sandler
- How can I make sure that Google knows my content is original? – GoogleWebmasterHelp YouTube Channel
Search Advertising
- 8 Steps To Creating AdWords Automated Rules – PPC Hero
- Retargeting: What It Is & How to Use It – SEOmoz
- Concerns About adCenter’s Editorial Review Process Are Legitimate – Rimm-Kaufman Group
- Marin Software Raises $16 Million For Paid Search Management Platform – TechCrunch
Analytics & ROI
- Use Google Analytics to Develop Social Media Strategy – Search Engine People
- The New Google Analytics: Events Goals – Google Analytics
- Google tests game-mechanics strategies with Recyclebank – CNET News
Social Media Marketing
- Building Solid Relationships in Social Media Communities – ClickZ
- Connecting the Dots From Social Media to Revenue – ClickZ
- Social Tools to Build Your Brand-ividual – TopRank Online Marketing Blog
- Twitter Accidentally Shows Users Someone Else’s Timeline, Disables #NewTwitter To Fix – TechCrunch
- Twitter predicts future of stocks – BBC News
- Twitter Search is Now 3x Faster – Twitter Engineering
- LinkedIn’s Answer to Facebook’s Open Graph – ReadWriteWeb
- LinkedIn Edges Out Want Ads As Job Search Tool for Millennials – Mashable
- StumbleUpon just crossed 1 billion stumbles per month – The Next Web
Link Building
- Leveraging Current Events When Link Baiting – SEO.com
- Creating Link Content that Sells in 5 Easy Steps – Ontolo
Mobile Search
- Google boots Grooveshark from Android Market – CNET News
- Sprint’s HTC EVO View 4G to Ship Running Honeycomb – Android Community
- Funny: Search For “Tilt” On Google Via iPhone Or Android – Search Engine Land
International Search
- Microsoft rival to Google Street View set for German launch – Deutsche Welle
- Baidu to launch revamped legal MP3 music platform, expects to lose half of its users – The Next Web
Video Marketing
- Google to Revamp YouTube With ‘Channels’ – Wall Street Journal