Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web.
Industry
- Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google – The Daily Beast
- Online Seller Who Bullied Customers Pleads Guilty – The New York Times
- French publishers sue Google for book scanning – AFP
- Google considering shutting down Street View in Switzerland – Los Angeles Times
- Google Street View to launch in Poland – Warsaw Business Journal
- India Clarifies Controversial Web Rules – The Wall Street Journal
- Scam Warning: Only Google Can Give You a Google Music Invite – Mashable
- Think Insights with Google: a new site for data lovers – Official Google Blog
- Microsoft Close To A Big Search Deal With Baidu, Says Chinese Press – Business Insider
- China’s Baidu fined for copyright infringement: report – Reuters
- Alibaba to Yahoo: There Wasn’t a Board Vote, But We Told You So – All Things Digital
- Weekly Yahoo Search Trends – May 13, 2011 – Yodel Anecdotal
SEO
- Is Your SEO Program Chasing Unicorns? – TopRank Online Marketing Blog
- Osama Bin Laden, the Royal Wedding and ‘News Tsunami’ SEO – SEOptimise
- SEO is Not Dead Yet – Covario Actionable Insights Blog
- Google’s Paraphrase-based Indexing, Part 1 – SEO by the Sea
- Google’s Paraphrase-Based Indexing, Part 2 – SEO by the Sea
PPC
- A 5-Point Checklist for Successful PPC Campaign Settings – Searching Beyond the Paid
- Simplified account creation with new My Client Center feature – Inside AdWords
- Daily Budget Option Changes are Now Live in Microsoft Advertising adCenter – adCenter Blog
Social
- Facebook Advertising vs. Advertising Facebook – ClickZ
- Facebook Asks FEC For Ad Disclaimer Guidance – ClickZ
- Facebook Finally Launches Improved Photo Tagging – All Facebook
- Your Brand’s Facebook To-Do List – Vertical Measures
- Twitter has biggest ever day of online traffic after super injunction revelations – Experian Hitwise
- A better app for your mobile browser – Twitter Blog
- Twitter for Mac update – Twitter Blog
- How to Build a Free Social Media Monitoring Dashboard – Social Media Examiner
- Tips for Successful Integration of Search and Social Media Campaigns – ClickZ.asia
- One Social Media Tactic Your Business Must Embrace – aimClear Blog
Local
- Google Transit goes to Washington – Official Google Blog
Mobile
- Nearly 1 in 5 Smartphone Owners Access Check-In Services Via their Mobile Device – comScore
- New ways to discover great apps on Android Market – Google Mobile Blog
- Getting ‘mobile-ready’ part 3: Experimenting with landing page design – Google Mobile Ads Blog
Video
- The YouTube 100 music chart is live – YouTube Blog
Technology
- Google IO Live Blog: chrome and Chromebook (and Angry Birds on the Web) – ReadWriteWeb
- Google Lobbies Nevada to Allow Self-Driving Cars – The New York Times
- 7 Tools to Track Your Digital Footprint and Shadows – ClickZ
- 5 Great Ways to Get More from Google News RSS Feeds – Search Engine Journal
- Blogger is back – Official Google Blog
- Chrome Web Store in 41 languages and In-App Payments – Chromium Blog
SES Conference & Expo
- PR, Search, and Social Media must collaborate for an effective marketing campaign at SES London – SESConferenceExpo YouTube Channel