A week ago, we reported how if you search on Google for let it snow, the Google search results page will actually snow. But did you know the same thing happens on YouTube…

Google announced a new application, a Python script…

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

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’s New Happy Holidays Logo: Dancing Christmas Lights & Jingle Bells For Christmas and the holiday season, Google has a new musical logo out that…

For Christmas and the holiday season, Google has a new musical logo out that plays Jingle Bells and ends by wishing “Happy Holidays.” The special logo, or “doodle” as Google calls them, starts out with an all-white background: Push any note, and the logo lights up with the… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

There are several complaints in the Google Places Help forums from business owners that Google Places has not shown impression data for their map listings for a month now. The bug seems to be effecting a subset of Google Places accounts

This week, I discuss a possible minor update to the Google Panda algorithm. There is a new message in Google

According to a report from Chinese news agency Xinhua, a judge in India has ordered a broad range of online companies, including Google, Facebook and Yahoo, to “delete ‘inflammatory’ images of religious figures” from their sites. Though not identified in news reports the… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

While we spend a lot of time talking about the battle between Google and Apple, both companies are also fighting against a powerful third competitor: Amazon.

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. Snowing At Google: Yahoo Holiday Decorations: Facebook Bike: Google’s…