Google controlled 88.35 percent of the search market in December, down from 89.12 percent the month before and down from 91.15 percent in December 2011. But Google’s huge share, at almost nine-tenth of the entire UK market, underlines its dominance.

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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…

One of the closest-watched metrics by marketers and investors — the cost-per-click across Google’s advertising business — increased approximately 2% in the fourth quarter, as compared to the third quarter, after several consecutive quarters of decline.

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

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Beware the Panda.

We know both Google and Bing prefer you go with a responsive design for search engine optimization purposes.

Google’s Chrome web browser sends search results from its Omnibox – the box used to type in URLs – to Google. Now the web browser will use SSL to encrypt web search input before sending it to Google, whether or not users are signed into Google