The search never stops! Here are the search industry headlines of the week, brought to you by Pandia.

• China warns Google to obey or ‘pay the consequences’

  Web censorship battle rumbles on (techcrunch March 2010)

• SEO Professional FireFox Toolbar: Tracks Yahoo! Backlinks

  SEO stats as the page loads, stats tracking, on-page diagnostics help, etc (SE Journal March 12 2010)

• Can Google Stay In China And Still Save Face?

  The challenge now for Google is how to find a compromise position and remain in the country (SE Land March 12 2010)

• In The Trenches 20 Tips To Search Conference Success

  Plan your session strategy. Stay at the conference hotel. Ask questions… (SE Land March 12 2010)

• Google Adds Blue Dots to Product Search Results

  You can check out the product’s availability by clicking on the “blue dot” included in the search results. (SE Journal March 11 2010)

• Google Is Bing’s 4th Largest Referring Source

  Google ads and TV ads bring the traffic (SE Land March 11 2010)

• Google prepares iPad friendly news reader

  Google Reader Play could be the tablet’s killer app (techradar March 2010)

• Use the Web to Do a Free Background Check

  A misrepresentation of your information can determine whether you’re eligible to take out a mortgage, buy a car, even get a job (About March 10 2010)

• Yahoo Answers Search Advances to Front

  Yahoo recently brought the advanced search capabilities more to the forefront (ResearchBuzz March 10 2010)

• Real-time search engine Collecta goes mobile!

  Collecta pushes a live stream of pictures, news articles, status updates and more right to your mobile device. (Next Web march 10 2010)

• SortFix for easy searching

  SortFix then pulls results from each search engine which it makes available in a tabbed window. (P Bradley March 8 2010)

• Why do we ignore ‘real-time’ results from Google search?

  Eye-tracking shows that tweets added into search results don’t get much attention. (Guardian March 9 2010)

• Google Buzz Could Have Dominated Location. (And Snuck Up On Facebook And Twitter.)

  The one thing I keep coming back to is that Buzz on the iPhone and Android is pretty impressive. (techcrunch March 8 2010)

• Surf Canyon Search

  You run a search, see some results, click on a link that interests you and the engine will then go off and find more results based on what you want (P Bradley March 10 2010)

• Yahoo! Adds TV Series Shortcut

  When you search the name of a television show on Yahoo!, you’ll now see a link to the show’s page on tv.yahoo.com (SE Watch March 12 2010)

• Google Maps Biking Directions a Welcome Addition to Search

  Bicycle directions and bike trail data for some 12,000 miles of trails on Google Maps in the United States. (Google Watch March 10 2010)

• EU Privacy Push May Drive Google To Stop Updating Street View In Europe

  Street View has been controversial and unpopular with residents in some countries but mostly with the EU and European governments (SE Land March 8 2010)

• Microsoft launches major UK push for Bing

  Big ad campaign urging ‘Bing and decide’ (techradar March 2010)

• Google Adds Public Data Search Tool To Labs

  The Data Explorer includes data from the US Census Bureau, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the World Bank and five new data providers (SE Land March 8 2010)

• Google reveals reasons for data centre problems

  Lack of training brought down app service (techradar March 2010)

• Is the Kindle Finally Ready for the Web?

  Amazon is looking for for an engineer to help build “an innovative embedded web browser.” (MediaMemo March 9 2010)

• W3C Validation for SEO – Myth and Reality

  100% compliance is not necessarily a factor in ranking. (SE Journal March 9 2010)

• Google Testing New TV Search Service?

  Google is testing a new TV search service with Dish Network, the no. 2 U.S. satellite TV provider, the WSJ reports. (Marketing Pilgrim March 9 2010)

• New MSN Out Of Beta, Driving Nearly 50 Percent Of Bing Queries

  Introducing the “local edition,” a collection of persistent Bing search queries presented in a structured and browse-able way. (SE Land March 9 2010)

• Bartz: Would Sell Yahoo For ‘Right Price’

  But Right Now, It’s Undervalued (SearchBlog March 2 2010)

• Why Bartz Won’t Sell Yahoo! (Just Yet)

  I wanted to look at the current search partnership terms and why a sale may not be on the agenda for some time. (State of Search March 10 2010)

• Finding awesome stuff online with Google Reader Play

  Items in Reader Play are presented one at a time, and images and videos are automatically enlarged to maximize the viewing experience. (Google Blog March 3 2010)

• Now playing: Apps Script for Google Docs

  Google Apps Script lets you write short programs that automatically perform simple actions within a spreadsheet. (Google Blog March 3 2010)

• Bing’s Market Share Up For Third Straight Month: Hitwise

  Its 9.7% share of US searches in February was up 4% over its January numbers. (SMX March 11 2010)

• The Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize

  The internet is nominated for the prize, advocated by the Italian version of Wired magazine for advancing “dialogue, debate and consensus”. (techradar March 2010)

Video of the Week: Google Search Basics

A well done Google video for beginner’s featuring Matt Cutts as your host. It is part of a series of videos on How Google Works.