Instagram has been the biggest story as of late, with its lofty $1 billion acquisition by Facebook. Will SocialCam or Viddy be the one eventually anointed the Instagram of video

It’s the coloring contest that blows all others out of the water. Second-grader Dylan Hoffman of Wisconsin scored a $30,000 college scholarship, a $50,000 technology grant for his school, and a Chromebook as the winner of Doodle 4 Google 2012.

Four years after Google introduced the arrows to scroll Google AdSense ads across most ad format, Google has just removed them. I am not sure exactly when it happened but it was sometime over the weekend

Hours before its IPO, Facebook was hit with a $15 billion lawsuit, alleging that the social network knowingly infringed on user privacy when it used browser cookies to track activity. The suit included more than 20 complainants.

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

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

Posted by wrttnwrd This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. By dumping Facebook, GM’s doing it wrong GM made a huge stink last week when they pulled their $10 million Facebook advertising budget .

Google Chrome overtook Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the world’s most popular web browser for a full week for the first time in its history.

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