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

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. From Search Engine Land: Google Alerts Drops RSS Delivery Option Google has quietly dropped the support to deliver your Google Alerts via RSS. A warning at the top of the page, for those..

Google has quietly dropped the support to deliver your Google Alerts via RSS. A warning at the top of the page, for those who had RSS delivery previous set up for Alerts reads: Google Reader is no longer available

Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group released an official announcement that they will be handling all queries made by Search Mail.ru users from here on out. According to TheNextWeb.com, Google previously powered 60 percent of the searches performed on Search Mail.ru, after the company split ways… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

In a recent survey, almost 60% of marketers said they expect to increase their relationship with digital agencies in the next twelve months.

Bing has announced changes to deep link management. You can now log into Bing Webmaster Tools and remove specific deep links that the Bing algorithm has automatically generated and selected to appear under the main search result for a website.

Pinterest is recognized amongst the top position holders amongst the most visited sites across the globe. With its ever increasing user base, Pinterest is indeed a great choice for those wishing to invite more traffic and boosting the number of leads and conversions. In order to properly leverage this platform, your Pinterest business page must contain all the Author information Hema Gupta Search engine optimization indeed becomes important for promotion across platforms such as Pinterest

Google has announced a clean up of Google Webmaster Tools, where they reorganized the left hand navigation menu…

With consumers leveraging a broader array of online and offline media when searching for local business information — and increasingly relying on smartphones and tablets to conduct searches — local businesses need to expand and refine their advertising approach in order to remain… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Google Reader is no more. Google officially closed the doors on its popular RSS news reader yesterday.