More evidence for Bing's ascendance: Nielsen releases latest numbers

Microsoft's Bing search engine posted its best market share ever in February 2010, Full Story

More signs pointing to pending Google pullout from China
Reports indicate that the presence of a world-famous photograph of a pro-democracy protestor standing in front of an oncoming column of tanks on search results from Google.cn could be the clearest indication yet that the search giant is planning to shutter its operations in China. Full Story
Real-time search result integration in Google may have backfired, expert says
Google and Bing offer different user experiences with real-time search result integration, and Bas van den Beld at Search Engine Watch says that Bing may have trumped its larger rival's implementation. Full Story

Facebook surpasses Google on website hits in U.S. market
Web traffic analytics firm Experian Hitwise reports that Facebook was the most visited website in the U.S. during the week ending March 13, surpassing Google in what has become an increasingly frequent occurrence in recent months. Full Story
Google Social Search could mean new opportunities for SEO
The advent of Google's latest foray into the social web could have profound effects on the use of search engine optimization (SEO) as a digital marketing tool, experts say. Full Story

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