Google Authorship Ends
** UPDATE ** So What Actually Happened to Google Authorship? Not enough people were using Authorship for Google to use it as valid indicator in search. The primary reason seems to be low adoption by content creators. Google has officially ended its authorship bylines from displayuing within the search results. Additionally, Google will cease tracking content written by authors as tied by the author’s G+ profile. Google may choose to...
Facebook Building Search Engine
Is Facebook building a Google rival — one that would use your location and your friends’ tastes? A team of more than 20 Facebook engineers — led by a former Google programmer — is at work on a vastly improved search engine within the site, according a Businessweek report. The idea, according to two sources, is to take better advantage of the heaps of content Facebook users create on — and off — the site every day. With people sharing...