Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Click to read the rest of this post…

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Google shocked the search world when it announced that Larry Page would replace Eric Schmidt as CEO effective in April — the same day Google announced Q4 revenues of $8.44 billion and $2.54 billion in profit — both company highs. Today Page is in the spotlight as Google reported $8.58 billion in Q1 2011 revenue — a 27 percent increase over 2010. Profit was $2.30 billion, compared to $1.96 billion in Q1 2010

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Q1 2011 Revenues $8.58 Billion, Some Investors Unhappy Google had a strong Q1 with $8.58 billion in gross revenue.

Google had a strong Q1 with $8.58 billion in gross revenue.

Google is funding research from Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik School of Computer Science to teach computers to understand and utilise hindsight in order to more accurately predict the future. The research launched at the International Conference on Learning Theory in Haifa, Israel, earlier this year, is designed to help computers minimize what Professor Mansour calls “regret”

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

It seems like Google is getting in legal trouble a lot these days (and if you need any proof, just look at our recent news stories about  Germany ,  Switzerland ,  Italy ,  the Moon , etc.).

Search is the number one source of external traffic for content sites, handily beating social media by more than 300%. That’s according to the Content Discovery and Engagement Report, Q1 2011 from Outbrain, makers of a popular widget platform that’s used on dozens of major publisher… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article