Facebook became the most visited site in Brazil over the weekend. The social network took 11 percent of all internet traffic, just slightly greater than Google Brasil, as the two fight for market share in the booming South American country.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 8 Products That Might Be On Yahoo’s Chopping Block Yahoo’s product teams are officially on notice. Shortly after announcing Q1 earnings yesterday, new..

Yahoo’s product teams are officially on notice. Shortly after announcing Q1 earnings yesterday, new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson dropped a bomb during the analysts’ call when he said the company will be “shutting down or transitioning roughly 50 properties that don’t contribute… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Google Places has an unusual bug, where they are only showing up to ten results for a local search query without the option to go to page 2 for an additional 10 results.

Posted by Dr. Pete If you live outside of the ivory walls of the Fortune 500, it can sometimes seem like Google gives big brands all the breaks. This isn’t just sour grapes – some examples are very public

The greatest and most influential update, which Google has been able to bring about uptil now, is the Panda Update. This update right after its arrival ensured that Google is and will remain the King of search engines in the coming future.

Two new Q1 2012 paid search reports reinforce the strong growth of the PPC market, driven by higher click-through-rates and lower costs-per-click in the mobile space. Industry analysts share tips for marketers looking to maximize returns in Q2.

Through online advertising’s ups and downs, search — because of its orientation toward performance — has always been a stalwart category. Despite much talk about branding, social and immersive advertising lately, search still commanded the lion’s share of online advertising…

Google announced that in about 30 days from now, the way they handle AdWords match types for exact and phrase based matching will change…

In two very short years, search retargeting has been created, tweaked and matured to the point where most serious marketers already have it on their media plans or are considering it for a 2012 test. In short, search retargeting finds those individuals who have searched for a term that matters to… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.