Reports have it that Google has bought social apps platform Slide for a price tag ranging from $182 million to $228 million, depending on the sources. What we do know for a fact is that the Mountain View-based company is dumping Google Wave while also launching new features. Looking closer, all those separate moves seem to point to one thing: Google Me is on its way, big time.

The big day has finally arrived. You, my friend, have put in the hard work to get to this point. Launch day.

It looks like Google is really serious to get into the social gaming arena. It was previously reported that Google has started churning out investment to Zynga, one of the most popular developer of social games such as Farmville.

Last May Google Wave was unveiled as a new communication platform and positioned as a successor to both email and instant messaging.

Remember Google Wave?

Posted by caseyhen Earlier this year, jtkaczuk wrote a YOUmoz post about “ Using Twitter as a Sitemap ”.

If you’re a verified Google Places business owner,  and the Place Page for your business has received public reviews, you can now r espond to these reviews starting today.

BrightEdge are on a mission to simplify how chief marketing officer’s (CMO) connect with their audiences and make it possible to effectively manage SEO activities based on ROI. This week, BrightEdge launched a new feature called BrightEdge Connect for their platform which enables their SEO platform to plug into enterprise web analytics platforms such as Webtrends, Adobe/Omniture and Coremetrics.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web….