• Google Is Adding Conversational Search To The Desktop
  [May 20, 2013] Amit Singhal, head of Google’s core ranking team, took the stage at Google I/O today to declare “The End of Search”.
• More Integration With Bing In Facebook
  [May 13, 2013] Bing has added a bit more Facebook integration to its social search features. Now, you can comment on and like Facebook content right from Bing.
• Having a Patent Doesn’t Imply That Google is using it in Search Quality; says Matt Cutts!
  [May 6, 2013] The latest video of Matt Cutts puts all the SEO misconception regarding the Google ranking and search quality patent into rest. Cutts, who takes care of the search spam at Google said, just because Google has ranking or search quality patent doesn't mean that it was or is a part of our algorithm.
• Google Removes Instant Previews from Search Results!
  [April 29, 2013] After Related Searches filter, Google has now dropped Instant Previews from the search results which are said to be a very low usage.
• If Adding A Lot Of Content To Your Site, Do It Gradually, Says Matt Cutts
  [April 22, 2013] Google posted a new Webmaster Help video today. This time, Matt Cutts addresses a question posed by fellow Googler John Mueller, who asks:
• Bing Integrates Pinterest Into Image Search
  [April 15, 2013] Microsoft announced today that it has added a new Pinterest pinning feature to Bing Image Search. The self-explanatory feature lets users pin images directly from the search results page. You don’t have to install the “Pin It” bookmarklet on your browser, though if you’re the type to pin stuff you find from image search results [...]
• Paid Link Penalties Question Answered By Matt Cutts
  [April 8, 2013] The latest Webmaster Help video is once again about the topic of paid links, but this time it’s about the effects of a paid link penalty on an innocent site that happened to be linked to by a site that was caught selling links.
• Google Search after 10 Years!
  [April 1, 2013] Matt has explained an interesting question – ‘Where do you see Google search 10 years from now?’ with diligence. It envisions how Google expects search to develop in the coming years and their plans to tackle the challenges.
• Panda Refresh #25 – Say Bye to Manual Panda updates Now!
  [March 18, 2013] Google seems to have done their last manual Panda refresh late afternoon on March 14. Forums are rife with a Panda update release with webmasters and SEOs talking about rank changes.
• Content Marketing Is The New SEO [Infographic]!
  [March 11, 2013] If we look at the trends surrounding search, content marketing seems to be topping the list of current trends. There are many reasons behind the increasing interest in content marketing, the biggest being application of content marketing for successful SEO.
• Google Update History Available On A Single Page On Sistrix!
  [March 4, 2013] Sistrix is a German SEO tools company. Recently, Sistrix, published a Google Update history page which gives a brief listings of all the Google updates in one single page.
• Google’s Enhanced Search Campaigns: What You Need to Know
  [February 25, 2013] Not long after I talked about building search campaigns that convert, Google rolled out its “Enhanced Campaigns” feature. Designed to integrate mobile campaigns into AdWords more completely, the change has been met with a number of questions and concerns. The biggest question, by far: “Enhanced”” for whom, exactly? Read on and see…
• Google Kills Commerce Search
  [February 18, 2013] After several iterations, Google has finally decided to kill of Commerce Search.
• Negative SEO – Matt Cutts Tells All
  [February 11, 2013] What is negative SEO? Well, you know what SEO is, right? It’s a way of optimising your website so that appears in the search results.
• 3 Key Tips to Search Campaigns that Convert
  [February 6, 2013] Paid search can seem almost magical at times. You plunk down your credit card, craft some ads, and watch the traffic come rolling in. But getting the most out of your search marketing efforts requires connecting those ads to business results. And the best way to do that is to drive your search traffic through [...]
• Bing Updates to Social Sidebar and Search Results Screen!
  [December 17, 2012] Bing has announced some updates to social sidebar and search results screen. The new social sidebar is clean and white that blends well with Bing screen. The streamlined design makes it easier to find people relevant to your search based on their input in social media – blogs, tweets or sharing.
• Panda Refreshed on 21 November; 0.8% Queries Impacted!
  [December 3, 2012] It is official. Google refreshed Panda algorithm on 21 November. Latest Panda update has impacted 0.8% of queries in English. It would make for 22 Panda updates now. The 21st was done on the 5th November and it affected about 1.1% of English queries.
• Does Google's Linking Strategy Make It A Publisher?
  [December 3, 2012] Is Google a publisher? Or is Google simply a displayer of links? Are these two things the same?
• Should SEO Have A Different Name?
  [November 26, 2012] Google put out a new Webmaster Help video today. This time, Matt talks about whether or not "search engine optimization" should be renamed.
• Google On Interpreting Links to URLs Ending with Campaign Tag: Video!
  [November 19, 2012] Want to know the Google view on interpreting links to URLs that end with a campaign tab? And what does Google have to say about the SEO impact of inbound links- see here in this video posted by head of Google’s webspam team- Matt Cutts:
• Google's Disavow Links Tool – Proceed With Caution
  [November 12, 2012] Matt Cutts, Head of Google's Webspam team, announced Google's Disavow Links Tool at PubCon in mid-October (Check out Janet's post Live From PubCon: State of the Index with Matt Cutts about the announcment). If you have never engaged in artificial link schemes, this tool is not for you.
• StumbleUpon Removes Explore Box From Toolbar
  [November 6, 2012] I pulled out the old trusty StumbleUpon toolbar this morning to use the Explore Box (the StumbleUpon version of search) to stumble through some topic which I've already forgotten, to find the Explore Box was not there. I asked a few others, and they weren't seeing it either.
• New Elections Site Launched By Bing
  [October 29, 2012] Bing announced the launch of Bing Elections at Bing.com/elections. It includes "real-time" algorithmic news results from what Bing calls "key national, partisan and non-partisan sources." It also features an interactive map with national, state and local election results from the Cook Political Report and Real Clear Politics as it's reported.
• Google Continues To Fight Over Paid Links
  [October 22, 2012] Google prepared a note about a proposal by French lawmakers and backed by French news publsihers, which want search engines to license all of their content. Publishers want to be paid for the privilege of linking to their content. Obviously, this doesn't sit well with Google, and the company has threatened to stop linking to such sites.
• Google Updates The Page Layout Algorithm!
  [October 15, 2012] Google is on an algorithm refresh spree it seems. There is an update being rolled out every week it and the latest one is a Refresh of its Page Layout Algorithm, which was first launched in January 2012.