Andrew Fink, supposedly a new Googler, made a video to welcome people to the Google NYC office. Fink describes himself as a “a 25 Year Old Hip-Hop Artist, Google Employee, and Baltimore native who currently lives in NYC.” Google Maps UI lead, Gregor J…

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

Google released more details on its Mobile Ads Blog today about offer extensions and location targeting tools available in the new enhanced campaigns.

TorrentFreak is reporting that Google is demoting the rank of the search result for the phrase “Pirate Bay”, the well-known BitTorrent tracker, on the UK version of Google.  TorrentFreak research shows the actual Pirate Bay” web site is not listed in the first 100 results when… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Twitter Improves Mobile Search: Top Tweets, Autocomplete & Web Browser Twitter announced search upgrades to the Twitter mobile app. The upgrades include an…

Google has released figures on the number of FBI data requests.

Have you tried out Enhanced Campaigns?  Have you converted your campaigns over to them yet

Twitter announced search upgrades to the Twitter mobile app. The upgrades includes an improved relevancy engine for top tweets, improved auto-completion for search and an easier web browser for results.

Google announced they have upgraded the new iPhone Google Maps app to now include seven new countries, icon based local searches and search your contacts.

Accused by the Environmental Investigation Agency of promoting online sales of elephant and whale products, Google says that it moves quickly to remove material advertising ivory and products that contain it, despite what the EIA has claimed.