Twitter and Google have been playing together more as of late. A few months ago, Google started including recent and relevant tweets alongside search results on your mobile phone. Today, the company announced that those same results are being included on desktop search as well.

Funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Millner, the initiative will give the search for intelligent life a major boost.

Data shows 95% of Google privacy requests are from citizens out to protect personal and private information – not criminals, politicians and public figures.

It apparently violated Instagram’s community guidelines around nudity.

Following closely on Google’s “Mobilegeddon” algorithm update, Bing has announced its own roll out of mobile friendly ranking signals over the next few months. The short update is that both search engines are now factoring into search ranking whether a website is mobile “friendly” or not. Basically if your site is not easy to use and navigate on a mobile device, your rankings may be going down.

Google’s decision to skew its search results in favor of its own services hurts users, a study released Monday claims. The findings are sure to add a new layer to the company’s ongoing antitrust battle in Europe. The paper, written by Columbia Law School’s Tim Wu and Harvard Business School’s Michael Luca, is backed by Yelp, which has filed an antitrust complaint against Google.

Google may still be the top search engine, but Bing is starting to stand on its own. Bing has many of the same search operators offered by Google, but it has a few tricks you won’t find elsewhere.

Google data analysis suggests that “porn” and “suicide” searches dominate late night online inquiries, while searches for free video games and other anonymous searches flow throughout the day. A New York Times analysis of Google’s “very sharp” data for New York state pinpointed some rather precise searches throughout the day and night.

Search is a key aspect in any operating system. In Windows, search is powered by Bing, be it through the OS itself, or through Cortana in Windows 10. Bing makes it as simple as possible to get to th

The data includes some interesting statistics such as Bing’s share of the US search market is at 33% when including Yahoo searches, and that the Bing audience spends 22% more than the average Internet searcher.

Bing ads has recently doubled its global coverage of demographic data from search and display behavior, allowing advertisers to better target consumers by age and gender.

In the wake of some belt-tightening, what's next for Microsoft's search and advertising platforms?

Earlier today Microsoft announced the next version of Bing Maps will offer many new features, enhanced content and multiple design enhancements. Users can

Bing has introduced new additions to the redesigned Bing Ads Home Page: customized modules and period-over-period comparisons.

A unique "Along Your Route" feature in the new Bing Maps tracks points of interest along your commute or road trip, and there's a whole wealth of information that's now at your fingertips.

Microsoft announced on 29th June that it was handing over reins of its display ads business to AOL. Transfer of the display ads business to AOL signifies the struggle Microsoft has had with online display ads business. We believe that Microsoft is systematically dis-investing from non-core and unprofitable business areas to focus on its cloud and hardware products. It stands to benefit from this deal as it can now plough back more resources into its growing search engine Bing. Furthermore, it...

The result is a worse experience for users, a new study states.

Before I became an inbound marketer, I once made $50,000 a month spamming Google. I worked a maximum of 10 hours a week. And I am telling you from the bottom of my heart: never

The team at Bing recognizes there is a problem with the way people search for apps. Presently, for most, users search for an app by name or general categories.

Google's "mobilegeddon" algorithm update last month got the headlines, but a secretive refresh a week later was more painful.