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Google Home Page and Search Results Layout Updated

It’s rare that Google updates the looks of their home page or search engine result pages ( SERPs) but ever since Bing has stepped up the game with their different and useful designs, Google has been experimenting a lot lately. As part of their Google +1 release, they’ve accordingly made changes to other parts of their services, notably, Search.

Google’s Parision Love 2010 Super Bowl commercial is simple but effective

Google Super Bowl ad Google’s Super Bowl ad is mild and uncontroversial. In other words it’s boring. But just like everything Google does, this is simple and effective. It actually shows the reality of our lives – we’re all so dependant on Google in our daily lives, whether it’s on our desktops, notebooks, netbooks, smartphones, dumb phones or even portable personal computers like the iPod Touch. This ad portrays the effect Google has on our life, from searches to Maps, translations and learning new things. If this doesn’t make you smile, nothing will. Or maybe the Motorola Devour Super Bowl commercial with Megan Fox will.

Check out the video after the break.

Microsoft and Yahoo! finalize search agreement for 10 years

image Yahoo and Microsoft have an announced an agreement to improve web search for users and advertisers. After months of speculations and many talks, Micro-hoo has finally come to be. Microsoft will be powering Yahoo! search with Bing, where as Yahoo! will be the international exclusive representative for both companies’ premium search advertisers.

Twitter integration in Bing!

Bing Twitter Integration Robert Scoble

Microsoft has come up with a cool new feature for Bing. It has started showing tweets in the results for popular Twitter users. Tweets with profile image and link show up when you search for popular Twitter users such as Robert Scoble or @aplusk. This is one of the first integrations of Twitter by a major search engine by default, as you can already ad similar capabilities to Yahoo Search through the Yahoo Search Gallery, which isn’t that convenient.

To see the tweets, you’ll have to use the word twitter, tweet or @{Twitter user name} in your search query on Bing. This doesn’t work perfectly yet as I found out because when I search for @aplusk, this is what I get:@aplusk Twitter Bing

But, change the query to Ashton Kutcher Tweets, and this is what you get: