Yelp has been the center of much controversy this year.

Starting today, Google has announced that you’ll be seeing a new and improved sitelinks search box. This new search box is designed to make it easier for users to reach specific content on your site, directly through your own site-search pages.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Launches Xiaolce Chinese Chatbot With Cortana Smarts For Windows Phone After taking its Windows Phone 8.1 with Cortana to China last month, Bing announced… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

After taking its Windows Phone 8.1 with Cortana to China last month, Bing announced today the launch of XiaoIce (“little ice”), a Chinese-speaking social assistant chatbot for Windows Phone users. According to the announcement on Bing’s search blog, XiaoIce’s technology is…

Google replaced YouTube’s keyword tool with Display Planner’s AdWords video keyword suggestions on September 1, requiring users to access an AdWords account.

We all know that Google tells us to serve a 503 error code when your server and web site is having temporary issues. Like a period of time where the server is getting way too much traffic for it to handle…

Reps for the search engine reportedly say more computing power is required as search queries shift from text to voice and image.

CFO Anthony Noto recently said Twitter could be getting a new algorithm, but the question is: Will the new feed improve or harm the Twitter experience?

The new feature gives marketers more space to promote their products and separate themselves from competitors.

This past week at the Search Engine Roundtable, I do my monthly Google Webmaster Report. I also report on the Google Knowledge Vault…