Here are some of the search engine news headlines that have attracted our interest lately!

• Source: Microsoft Bing Taking Over iPhone Search

  Microsoft Bing will replace Google in the next version of the iPhone operating system to be released in June (Techcrunch May 28 2010)

• Russia’s Yandex Search Engine Goes Global

  Yandex, the top search engine in Russia, has launched a global search engine at Yandex.com. (SE Land May 19 2010)

• Sergey Brin On Google’s Wifi Data Collection: “We Screwed Up”

  He went on to say that while Google did have internal controls in place, the mistake “obviously” meant more needed to be done (SE Land May 19 2010)

• Europe Says Search Firms Are Violating Data Rules

  Google, Microsoft and Yahoo had violated rules by keeping data on individual computer users for too long. (NYT May 26 2010)

• Google faces new privacy breach charge

  The lawsuit, filed in Oregon, claims that Google used the same method in America of “harvesting” wi-fi data as it did in Germany (Telegraph May 29 2010)

• Top 1,000 Sites: Interesting and Odd

  You can get Google’s version of the Top 1,000 Web sites via the Double Click Ad Planner. (Beyond Search May 29 2010)

• Google Wi-Fi Data Maybe Both Harm and Foul

  Google is no BP, but it has managed to create a data mess that sprawls from Germany to Hong Kong and maybe other places as well. (Beyond Search May 29 2010)

• Yahoo Acquires Freelance Content Site, Associated Content

  Associated Content is a freelance content generation site powered by around 380,000 freelance contributors. (SE Journal may 18 2010)

• Google Wave Now Available for Everyone, Are You Still Interested?

  So, starting today, you can just go to wave.google.com and start using Google Wave (SE Journal May 19 2010)

• Yahoo Redesigns Image & Video Search Pages To Show Trending Results

  The new pages show up to “five pages of topics that are trending in search,” in a sleek black background. (SE Land May 28 2010)

• Google Blog: Announcing Google TV: TV meets web. Web meets TV.

  With Google Chrome built in, you can access all of your favorite websites and easily move between television and the web. (May 20 2010)

• Carol Bartz To Michael Arrington: “F*ck Off!”

  Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz took the stage for a fireside chat with Techcrunch (May 24 2010)

• Google: Microsoft is smart, clever and well-funded

  Eric Schmidt insisted that Google was not resting on its laurels and that it was well aware of the ‘extraordinarily well-funded’ rivalry from Microsoft. (techradar May 21 2010)

• Google Testing the Waters for a Safer Encrypted Web Search

  Google is currently testing a new encrypted interface for its web search. (SE Journal May 21 2010)

• Top 10 SEM Tips From SMX Advanced London 2010

  Link building: Offer a student discount. (SE Land May 23 2010)

• Mark Zuckerberg’s Nonapology: Facebook “Missed the Mark” With Privacy Controls. But Please Keep Sharing!

  The Facebook CEO does allow that the company has made its privacy filters too bewildering for normal humans. (MediaMemo May 24 2010)

• Google’s Push To Speed Up Your Web Site

  Shopzilla found that the faster pages delivered 7% to 12% more conversions than the slower pages. (SE Land May 24 2010)

• Google Studies How Search Behavior Changes When Searchers Are Faced with Difficult Questions

  SEO by the Sea looks at a paper by Google researchers (May 24 2010)

• Battle Lines Being Drawn Over Twitter-Based Ads

  Twitter will not allow third parties to place ads in the Twitter stream (SE Land May 24 2010)

• Yahoo Acquires Geolocation Service Koprol (Which Translates to Foursquare of Indonesia)

  Koprol could be used to bolster Yahoo “check-in” features globally, especially in Asia. (BoomTown May 24 2010)

• Google’s Browser-Based Data Collection Opt-Out: Staying Ahead of Regulation

  Google is rolling out an opt-out browser add-on to allow any web user to block their data from being shared with websites using Google Analytics (Traffick May 25 2010)

• Top Google Ranking Gets Twice The Traffic Of #2 Ranking: Chitika

  Pages in the number one position received more than 34% of all visits, compared to 17% for pages ranked second, and 11% for pages ranked third. (SE Land May 26 2010)

• Maybe Apple Should Pay Attention to Amazon, After All

  New data show Amazon making a bit of headway in its attempt to take on iTunes. (mediamemo May 2010)

• Microsoft: we won't use search engines in 2020

  Relevant info will be found for us automatically (techradar May 2010)

• 57% Of Americans Have Googled Themselves: Pew Study

  65% of young adult Internet users (ages 18-29) said they had searched for results connected to their name online, up from 49% in 2006 (SE Land May 26 2010)

• Yahoo Announces Deep Integration Partnership With Social Gaming Start-Up Zynga

  To to increase distribution of its popular games, such as FarmVille, beyond Facebook. (BoomTown May 26 2010)

• Facebook unveils new, simplified privacy controls

  Facebook has streamlined the system to make it easier for users to protect their personal data online. (techradar May 2010)

• Google To German Privacy Official: Turning Over Private WiFi Data To You Would Violate Your Own Law Ma

  Google is reportedly resisting turning over the data to German government privacy officials (ironically) on the grounds that it may be a violation of German privacy law (SE Land May 27 2010)

• Google Gave U.S. Economy $54 bln Boost in 2009

  Google announced that it “generated a total of $54 billion of economic activity for American businesses, website publishers and non-profits” in 2009. (SEWatch May 27 2010)

• Google: We’ve officially acquired AdMob!

  Google Blog: It’s clear that mobile advertising is becoming a much larger part of our clients’ and partners’ strategies and with this acquisition (May 27 2010)

• Mayday! Mayday! Google Changes Impact Long Tail Search

  Many people have seen significant impact on rankings and, more importantly, traffic as a result of this change. (Marketing Pilgrim May 28 2010)