Google Upgrades Its Google Places Dashboard With Google+ Local Integration

Google has begun a staged upgrade of its Google Places Dashboard — the backend tool that allows local businesses to manage their business information that appears in Google’s search results. A new dashboard that looks much more like the current Google (and Google+) aesthetic, and also offers some new functionality, will be available “over the coming weeks.

Source:http://searchengineland.com/google-upgrades-google-places-dashboard-154372

Link Seller Linking To You? Google Says You Won’t Benefit From It.

Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, posted a 90-second video on what happens if a site that is selling links also links to your site.

Source:http://searchengineland.com/link-seller-linking-to-you-google-says-you-wont-benefit-from-it-154405

Facebook Nearby Is Now Facebook “Local Search”

Goodbye Facebook Nearby, hello Facebook Local Search. InsideFacebook points out that the company has renamed its mobile app feature “Nearby” as Facebook “local search.”  Until late last year Nearby was a friend-finder tool. Then it became a way to find local business recommendations.

Source:http://searchengineland.com/facebook-nearby-is-now-facebook-local-search-154507

Bing Ads Redesigns Hub For Ad Manager Resources

Bing Ads has launched a redesign of its search advertising site. The site is designed to provide a single access point for content and resources about Bing Ads and search advertising on the Yahoo! Bing Network.

Source:http://searchengineland.com/bing-ads-redesigns-hub-for-ad-manager-resources-154044

Bing’s April Fools’ Jokes Include A Slam On Google & A New SEO Tag

Bing is hopping on the April Fools’ Day joke bandwagon later thanGoogle and even Wolfram Alpha, but it’s taking a swing at Google in one of the two gags that it just announced via separate blog posts.

Source:http://searchengineland.com/bing-april-fools-jokes-2013-154031