Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Now, Mitt Romney Has A Santorum-Like Bing & Google Problem Perhaps Google may finally have to figure out a “fix” for Rick Santorum’s…

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Now, Mitt Romney Has A Santorum-Like Bing & Google Problem Perhaps Google may finally have to figure out a “fix” for Rick Santorum’s..

A month after Bing surpassed Yahoo to became the No. 2 search engine in the U.S., Yahoo’s search share continued to decline in the New Year, according to comScore. Meanwhile, Google climbed past a 66 percent share of the search market.

A month after Bing surpassed Yahoo to became the No. 2 search engine in the U.S., Yahoo’s search share continued to decline in the New Year, according to comScore

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

Craig Silverstein, the first employee hired by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, is leaving the company. Silverstein, who helped build the Google search engine, met Page and Brin while the three attended Stanford.

Google’s drop-down menu, which was introduced in late November as part of the “next stage” of its massive redesign, is history.

The social media space is one of the most competitive industries in today’s digital world. This became clearer than ever in 2011, a year when we saw social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn evolve, and the birth of new players like Google+.

Perhaps Google may finally have to figure out a “fix” for Rick Santorum’s “Google Problem,” now that an anti-Romney site is making it appear that anyone can rank any protest page for any politician’s name. Bing has the same problem, but no one ever seems to care… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

How to be smart with a strict budget, the importance of timing and levity in social media, retaining value in SEO, content marketing, and the convergance of search and social were among the hot topics, tips, and takeaways at INFLECTIONPoint 2012.