Recent search engine news headlines and articles from around the world:

• Encyclopedia Britannica Now Free For Bloggers

  You can get access to the online version for free through a new program called Britannica Webshare - provided that you are a “web publisher.” (TechCrunch April 18 2008)

• Finding Google custom search engines

  Browsing around today I found Guide To Custom Search Engines (CSEs). (Phil Bradley April 15 2008)

• Arnold’s New Study “Beyond Search” Now Available

  Stephen E. Arnold’s most recent study–Beyond Search: What to Do When Your Enterprise Search System Doesn’t Work–is now available from the Gilbane Group. (Beyond Search April 15 2008)

• Google Releases Updates to Google Earth; Includes Street View

  The most anticipated update is the addition of Street View, previously available on Google Maps. (SE Watch April 16 2008)

• 20 (Rare) Questions for Google Search Guru Udi Manber

  Previously a computer science professor at the University of Arizona, then a senior vice president at Amazon and Yahoo’s chief scientist, Manber is now vice president in charge of search quality for Google (Popular Mechanics April 16 2008)

• Alexa Introduces New Ranking System : Beyond the Toolbar

  With web traffic and popularity measurement startups like Compete.com and Quantcast breathing down Alexa’s neck, the Amazon.com owned company has finally taken steps to rework their ranking system (SE Journal April 17 2008)

• More On Microsoft Live Search News

  The new service automatically shows you top stories grouped into topic on the home page. (SE Land April 17 2008)

• Google’s Q1 2008 Grows 31%; Sticks it to comScore

  While the research company had Wall Street in a panic, with its 1.8% paid click prediction for the quarter, Google tore that number to shreds with a whopping 20% growth in paid clicks! (Marketing Pilgrim April 17 2008)

• Microsoft confirms purchase of Farecast travel site

  Microsoft bought Seattle-based airfare prediction and travel site Farecast earlier this month for around $115 million (The Seattle Times April 18 2008)

• Another Google Video Redesign

  Google Video redesigned their US homepage again (Google Blogoscoped Aril 18 2008)

• Bigreds Sues Yahoo Over Click-Fraud For $1 Million

  Bigreds, an internet retailer has decided to sue Yahoo for $1 million over click fraud starting back in 2002. (SE Roundtable April 17 2008)

• Google Analytics out of Beta version

  The old Urchin web metrics software is finally out in a new version (PageTraffic April 17 2008)

• Yahoo! & Google Test Successful. A Giant Leap for Y! Google Partnership?

  Google is delivering ads to Yahoo! search result pages (PageTraffic April 18 2008)