ComScore released its May 2011 search market share rankings this afternoon. The data essentially show no change from last month in terms of percentage distribution. Google gains a fraction of a point at Ask’s expense, while everyone else stays put.

Google has deemed the Les Paul logo for his 96th birthday to be so great and in such popular demand that they have decided to keep it up for another day on Google.com.

YouTube is no small matter to the success of Google. Beyond the ability to integrate video with numerous other Google services (e.g., the recent adaptation of embedded YouTube videos for Google Instant Preview), Google has access to the largest video platform in the world.

More than 24,199 pages of emails from the first 21 months of Sarah Palin’s term as Governor of Alaska were released today after an unsuccessful fight by the state to prevent their disclosure.

Google Maps works as more than a catalogue of locations; it works as a catalogue of history. The Google satellite imagery, which on a region-by-region basis sees only infrequent updates, has incidentally caught strange events, changing scenery, and other visible elements that you would be unable to find if you visited the actual locations in question

Keyword research tools are great, but they do not provide enough context for understanding searcher behaviors. Usability test scenarios can help SEO professionals better understand their target audience. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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. A Yahoo Big Rig: Google Chrome Notebook Giveaway: Yahoo Swatch Watch:..

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. A Yahoo Big Rig: Google Chrome Notebook Giveaway: Yahoo Swatch Watch:..

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.

Yesterday’s Les Paul Google Guitar Doodle, which got an encore today, has caused such a storm of creativity around the web that Google are considering whether or not to make it a permanent fixture. Celebrities and amateurs alike have been strumm…