Google may be the big fish of search, mobile, and – well, you get the idea. However, they’re still in third place for display advertising

Baidu, the leading search engine in China, is expanding its technical reach by purchasing companies in a number of other technology fields. The most recent investment is Qunar.com, a travel site, which Baidu is buying for $306 million (U.S.)

There are some fun topics towards the end of this show but you have to suffer through the boring stuff first. Panda 2.2 is officially out and about and some sites recovered and some sites did not. I think Google should send out Panda notifications via Webmaster Tools…

The leading cause for website or software application failure is not having a requirements document prepared and shared with everyone attached to the project. Typically, business and functional specifications, along with possible web design guidelines are gathered

As expected, the Federal Trade Commission has begun its formal investigation of Google’s business practices. In a blog post today, Google fellow Amit Singhal wrote that the company yesterday received formal notification from the agency that it would be conducting an inquiry.

Google Suggest could be used to transmit secret messages in plain site. That’s the message from a stenography specialist at the Warsaw University of Technology. Wojciech Mazurczyk investigates methods by which spies and terrorists might try to sen..

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google China’s 2009 Music Event: Google Search Cupcakes: Google Wall…

Google, a company that has made its name off search and has famously eschewed brand advertising for over 10 years, have picked up five awards for creative and inventive advertising campaigns. Zach Rodgers, Managing Editor at ClickZ, reported from …

“An antitrust case against Google’s search division is in process. Google is a practical monopoly, with enough buying power to easily eclipse – or own – would-be competitors – but the size of Google isn’t the main concern.

With all the mainstream news press of JC Penney, Overstock and Forbes using paid links and some darker methods of boosting their rankings in Google – Dilbert has decided to feature some best practice lessons in their past two cartoons. Dilbert featured two cartoons on SEO & Google.