We are back with a new review of the latest search engine news articles and blog posts.

• Google’s wind power

  Google’s purchase of twenty years worth of renewable energy from an Iowa wind farm (Inside Google July 26 2010)

• What Does Google Read?

  Want to read like a Google exec? Don’t expect any laughs. (Beyond Search July 27 2010)

• Apple Search Engine Lightning Bolt to Strike Google?

  Is Apple working on an app search engine and trying to stop Google from doing the same? (Google Watch July 27 2010)

• Google Images – just like Bing!

  Google Images have had a make over. (P Bradley July 28 2010)

• Can Ask.com's New Search Strategy Work?

  It’s hard not to think of the new Ask.com community search section as a glorified Yahoo Answers (PC World July 28 2010)

• What’s New With Bing & Yahoo Search Alliance

  Yahoo is currently testing Bing powered results on about 25 percent of the traffic. (SE Land July 20 2010)

• Google Images gets major overhaul

  Google tries to ‘get the app out of the way’ (techradar July 2010)

• French Newspapers Partner To Sidestep Google News

  French newspapers is partnering to create an online news site that they hope will be an alternative to Google News. (SE Land July 23 2010)

• How To Hide News Sources in Google News

  Google adds “news settings” or “source preferences” which lets you block some sources (SE Roundtable July 26 2010)

• AOL Keeping Google (And Bing) On Its Toes For Search Deal Pick

  AOL is currently gauging the offers of several companies to power its search (SE Watch July 27 2010)

• Google's Search-Related Music Store Slated For Holiday Season

  Android VP at Google, Andy Rubin, is having “accelerated” talks with music publishing firm Harry Fox (SE Watch July 27 2010)

• Bing Generates More Clicks Than Google

  Google users clicked on ads at a rate of 1.09%, while Bing users clicked on ads 1.67% of the time (SE Land July 27 2010)

• Yahoo Japan Picks Google Search Over Bing

  Yahoo Japan — an independent entity from Yahoo — has decided to forgo the Bing transition (SE Watch July 27 2010)

• See An Offensive Image On Google? Stay Tuned.

  Google’s report offensive image feature is no longer found in the new design. (SE Land July 29 2010)

• The New Ask.com: A Little Bit Search, A Little Bit Answers

  Ask.com is re-launching as a cross between a traditional search engine and the question-and-answer service (SE Land July 27 2010)

• Diller: Ask.com Was The Little Search Engine That Couldn’t

  IAC CEO: “Ask itself is not a large segment of the company.” (SE Land July 29 2010)

• Street Slide: Microsoft’s Next Killer Maps App?

  Next-generation tool for browsing street-level imagery. (SE Land July 29 2010)

• 4 Common SEO Copywriting Techniques That Ruin Your Copy

  Stay on Search: Long outdated SEO techniques based on pure, unadulterated myths. (July 30 2010)

• Google Ordered To Remove Search Results On Sex Charges But Document Still Shows

  The search results were about a sexual harassment case between her and a guy 10 years ago (SE Roundtable July 30 2010)

• Wolfram Alpha Widgets announced

  Beta release for computational engine apps (techradar Jlu 2010)

• Google: The "Last Thing We Want" Is The "Best SEO To Win"

  Jeremy Sussman, a Google Local Product Manager has been pretty frank and clear (SE Roundtable July 30 2010)

• Google With Direct Dictionary Result

  Google now has a onebox of their own immediately offering the definition(s) for certain words you’re searching for. (Blogoscoped July 30 2010)

• Study Calls Google ‘King Of Malware’

  Google has twice as much malware in its search results as Yahoo, Bing, and Twitter combined. (SE Land July 30 2010)

• Google Acquires Metaweb – Smarter Searches?

  Metaweb is a successful and popular semantic search start-up and it will help make Google’s searches a lot more efficient (Google Tutor July 20 2010)

• The Top Ten Alternative Search Engines

  About.com on the top ten alternative/niche search engines out there on the Web. (July 23 2010)

Video of the week:

Google’s Matt Cutts talk about Google and search engine optimization at Search University in Belgium.