Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

What do advertisers need to start thinking about now, and what are the underdog announcements from Google Performance Summit? The post With lots of unknowns, SEM experts weigh in on the biggest AdWords announcements of last week appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Searches for terms like “gay pride month,” “gay rights” and “LGBT” will return results with a rainbow ribbon strung across the top of the page.

On June 1st SEJ’s Features Editor, Danielle Antosz, join the SEJ Think Tank to give a presentation about streamlining the content creation process. The post #SEJThinkTank Recap: How to Streamline the Content Creation Process by @megcabrera appeared first on Search Engine Journal

Most SEOs know that if you start a new site, the URL structure should use hyphens to separate the keywords and not underscores. So for this URL for this blog…

Last month, ClickZ Intelligence published its report into ‘The State of Mobile Advertising’, in partnership with Search Optics. Among the report’s findings was the revelation that mobile advertisers are missing out on hyperlocal opportunities in a big way.

DuckDuckGo has added two new search filters to their privacy oriented search engine. The post DuckDuckGo adds date filters & sitelinks to search features appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Google’s new user-friendly tool should make it easier for small businesses to see how their sites rank in terms of being mobile-friendly and fast. The post Google launches business-friendly tool that tests your website mobile-friendliness & page speed appeared first on Search Engine Land

Google announced expanded text ads at its recent Google Performance Summit. Columnist and Googler Matt Lawson explains why the change was made and what you should do about it

GIFs are nothing new, but their use is more popular than ever. Here’s why brands should include them as part of their content marketing strategy. GIF, which is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format , was introduced back in 1987 by Steve Wilhite of CompuServe as a new way to present a moving image. The internet quickly embraced the GIF and the fact that it’s still relevant after 29 years proves its value in web terms