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 Launches Google News Publisher Center Google announced on the Google News blog a new portal for Google News publishers to use to help manage their news…

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…

The interactive Doodle celebrates the man behind the Venn diagram with a functioning Venn diagram.

Around November 17, 2012, MetaFilter got nailed by a Google update that back then Google denied.

Our annual Search Marketing Expo – SMX East is less than two months away, and it’s shaping up to be an exceptional show. We’ve developed a ton of new content for the conference to keep you current with the latest tactics, tools and techniques.

Google has issued a public response to a questionnaire from the Article 29 Working Party and notes it has moved quickly to comply with the court’s ruling and its approach will evolve over time.

Google announced on the Google News blog a new portal for Google News publishers to use to help manage their news sites within Google News. The new portal is named Google News Publisher Center. As long as your news site is verified within Google Webmaster Tools and already included in Google News,..

Google rolled out a new local ranking algorithm that more closely mimics traditional organic search ranking — but some queries have lost the 7-pack results entirely, pushing many local businesses off Page 1 altogether.

Local appears to have been hit with the most far reaching update since Venice, and one that has flung more kaka than Hummingbird – so “Pigeon” seems pretty apropos, perhaps because Google appears to be treating many local SERPs like so many statues in the park. Pigeon Is A Major…

Is it just me, or does it seem like yesterday we barely knew what the word ‘Google’ meant?