The top U.S. search engines have entered into an agreement with Universal Business Listings and Bruce Clay Inc. to launch a new program called Local Paid Inclusion that promises to “put your business above the competition” in local organic results

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

A couple weeks ago, Google launched Search Plus Your World and they are getting a lot of negative feedback on the over personalization, especially after all the privacy policy changes…

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

Matt Cutts, international diplomat? That might be the more appropriate title for Google’s chief spam cop

Matt Cutts, international diplomat? That might be the more appropriate title for Google’s chief spam cop. According to the Wall Street Journal, Cutts is in South Korea this week and, in a presentation Monday night for about 80 government officials, webmasters, lawyers and journalists, managed…

Yandex, the leading search engine in Russia, has expanded its mapping capabilities by purchasing from NAVTEQ a license for digital maps of Europe, North America, Australia and developed countries in Asia to expand their Yandex.Maps product.

Yandex, the leading search engine in Russia, has expanded its mapping capabilities by purchasing from NAVTEQ a license for digital maps of Europe, North America, Australia and developed countries in Asia to expand their Yandex.Maps product.

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Yesterday, President Barack Obama participated in a “virtual town hall” with citizens from across the United States in a Google+ Hangout. Obama fielded mostly pre-selected, but some spontaneous, questions from the West Wing