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Yahoo! announced the "early" release of the Panama ranking model for February 5th. That helped Yahoo!'s stock price climb, even though their 4th quarter financial results were not too positive. Yahoo! also fixed a bug with the titles showing in the search results. Google also fixed a bug with their AdWords sorting feature. Google Images and Groups have new looks, also we looked at Google New Image optimization. The quality score does affect AdSense ads, even site targeted ads. Baidu was accepted to produce content in China. Norway is going to inspect Google's privacy matters, when it comes to search history. Large Google Checkout icons were found on AdWords ads. Finally, I published the 16th edition of the Search Pulse.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

  1. Ready Or Not, Here Comes Panama: New Yahoo Sponsored Listings Ranking Model Coming Feb. 5th
  2. Yahoo! Fixes Titles in Search Results Sourced From Internal Anchor Text
  3. Getting Images Ranked in Google News
  4. Google Images Undergoes Redesign
  5. Google AdWords Sorting Bug Now Fixed
  6. Google's Quality Score To Impact Ads on Content Network (AdSense)
  7. Google Groups Launches New Design
  8. Search Pulse 16: Wikipedia Nofollows SEOs, Google Follows Wikipedia, Yahoo! Search Update, SEO Titles, Google Site Command, Google Germany, 301s vs. 302s & More

Search Engine Land Topics:

  1. Yahoo Search Marketing To Launch New Ranking Model February 5th
  2. Yahoo Announces 4th Quarter Financial Results: Stock Up In Pre Market
  3. Google Groups Beta Design Comes Out Of Beta
  4. A Design Change For Google Images
  5. Yahoo Fixes Lower Case Titles Bug In Search Results
  6. Baidu Earns License To Produce News Content In China
  7. Search SEO & SEM Forums With Google Custom Search Engine
  8. Norwegian Data Inspectorate To Investigate Privacy Issues With Google
  9. Google Checkout Testing Large Buttons On AdWords