For Microsoft, IE9 (Internet Explorer 9) was a project with so much techs’ appeal that it was sure to make the world wide web melt when it was released.

Hot Topics on Google Trends are history. Google now is simply showing the top 10 Hot Searches — what Google users are searching for the most, updated hourly. Whereas Google used to show 10 Hot Topics on the left and 10 Hot Searches on the right, now the Hot Searches have been split in half, appearing over both sides, and the “More Hot Topics” search box is also gone: Click to read the rest of this post..

I was updating some apps on my iPad today and saw that Bing is currently ranked #1 among free apps: Read our overview of the Bing iPad app, when it launched last week.

David Lindop, Senior SEO Manager at MediaVest Manchester, recently posted a screenshot of something that caught our eye – double column search results. Image source: Double Column Organic Google Results, oh my! (Burndowneasy.com) Click to read the rest of this post..

Searchmetrics was first to put out its list of winners and losers yesterday after Google’s Panda update arrived in the UK . New early data released today by SISTRIX indicates that article sites, price comparison sites, and business directories have taken the biggest falls in Google’s organic search results.

After a great opening keynote presentation by Arianna Huffington, I was drawn into the nearby speaker ready room and ran into the always inspiring Brian Solis . Brian’s Marketing Masters track at ad:tech San Francisco was on my list for live blogging and as always, he shared a great mix of insights and inspiration about business on the social web

Steven Levy just wrote a new book about Google called In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives .

In last month’s column, I made the case for going in-house and shared my experience of switching from a successful consulting and lead gen career to joining the ranks of Silicon Valley’s startup scene. That article talks about some of the things to consider before accepting a job and what to expect… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

On Monday I reported at Search Engine Land via a tip from @KeriMorgret that Google has begun adding dates to news related images in Google Image search. Google has confirmed the additional “date annotations” in a Google Web Search Help thread this morning…

The IAB released its full year 2010 online advertising report this morning. Paid search constituted the largest category share of the $26 billion online ad spend, at 46 percent: Search was down a point vs