Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web.
Search Industry News
- Patents Search in Google’s Sidebar – Google Operating System
- Google Adds Islamic Prayer Times in Search Results – The Next Web
- Court grapples with ‘cast of thousands’ in Paul Allen suit vs. Google, Apple and others – GeekWire
- Logitech Makes a Measly $5M From Google TV – GigaOM
- All The Yahoos Who Spent $100 Million On Associated Content 11 Months Ago Have Quit – Business Insider
- Temporary Outage Update – Yahoo Mail Blog
Search Engine Optimization
- Free Keyword Competition Research – SEO Book.com
- Optimizing Social Media Campaigns For Search – Outspoken Media
Search Advertising
Analytics & ROI
- Our Guide To Google Analytics IQ Testing: Event Tracking & Virtual Pageviews – PPC Hero
- Regular Expression (Regex) Character Guide – PPC Hero
Social Media Marketing
- 14 Best Practices for Long-Term Social Media Success – Mashable
- Facebook Responds to Abused DMCA Loophole Issue, Doesn’t Fix System – ReadWriteWeb
- What’s Really Going On With Facebook’s China Plans – All Things Digital
- Facebook Users Can Now Edit Their Comments Within a Few Seconds of Posting – Inside Facebook
- Twitter Introduces Text Ads – Digital Inspiration Technology Blog
- Twitter Confirms It Has Passed 200 Million Accounts, 70% of Traffic Now International – ReadWriteWeb
Mobile Search
- Google’s Click-To-Call Spurs Big-Ticket-Item Buying Spree – Fast Company
- Yahoo! Launches New Mobile App for Emerging Markets, Makes Discovering Yahoo! Easy – Yahoo Mobile Blog
Local Search
- Google Dials Up Localization Big Time – SEO Book.com
- Google misplaces town of York — again – Seacoast Online