Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Update: “When Do The Olympics Opening Ceremonies Start?” Now You CAN Ask Yahoo Yesterday, I wrote about my search experience in trying to find out when the… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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

The student who wins this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest will get his or her logo published on Google’s homepage for a day. The winner will also receive a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for his or her school.

Wojcicki pushed hard for Google’s acquisition of YouTube in 2006, when it seemed like a big risk. Sridhar Ramaswamy, who joined Google in 2003 and became a senior vice president of advertising and commerce last year, will now run the ad business

Google is going after websites that misuse structured data markup. The new penalty affects websites that violate Google’s rich snippets guidelines, such as including authorship on home pages and reviews on pages where there are no reviews.

Some business owners are reporting getting emails from Google and are asking if this is legit in the Google Business Help forums. The emails are legit and coming from Google and the subject line is…

Yesterday I wrote about my search experience in trying to find out when the Olympics Opening Ceremonies will take place and when they’ll air in the U.S.

If you had to guess which search engine would provide the best experience when searching for information related to the 2014 Winter Olympics, very few people would have thought Bing. But here they are just in time for the opening ceremonies this weekend, Bing is getting into the Olympic spirit with the launch of new […] Author information Matt Southern Matt Southern is a marketing, communications and public relations professional.

As niche search engines gain popularity, and as devices of choice like mobile and even Google Glass increase in usage, the ways we create and market content are expanding.

A search penalty is a fearsome thing. It’s the grown-up equivalent of “come to the principal’s office,” but the consequences are far worse. Once you’ve been hit with a manual penalty from Google, what do you do