Google has unveiled a Sort by Subject feature for Image Search that allows users to sort photos more easily by subject and improves the general topic searches. If you're looking for a picture of a certain bird, for example, and perhaps can't remember the exact name, rather than scrolling through a combination of every type of bird and hoping you'll find the one you're looking for, Google has come up with an algorithm to sort birds into groups, whether it's a parrot, eagle,

Google has released Search Globe, a Chrome experiment that breaks down a 24-hour period of global searches. With a click of your mouse, you can spin the globe and see which countries have the most searches with protruding bars in a variety of colors, each color representing different languages )e.g., blue for English, orange for Spanish(. Click to read the rest of this post.

Matteo Mucci asked SEW via Twitter , "what are the best 5 SEO Addons for Firefox 4?" I thought it was an interesting question, so had a stab at the answer. I'm quite fond of all of these tools for their own specific purpose, so much so the list runs to 7 )rather than 5(. Nonetheless, feel free to suggest any useful addons, bookmarklets, and plugins not listed. Below are some of most useful Firefox Addons and plugins for an SEO and their day-to-day workflow.

Search-based online advertising network Chitika has put out an interesting study showing that the top spot in Google receives 20 percent of clicks among iPad users. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google.co.uk appears to be testing out new placement locations for URLs on their search engine results pages. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google has released a new plugin that will help you verify your WordPress site in Webmaster Tools. Blogger users already know this was an option for Google-owned-blogger blogs. Now, it's an option for WordPress users as well. Bloggers who have a blog hosted on WordPress.com can't use the plugin just yet as it only works on self-hosted WordPress installations. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google users will soon see a new twist on Google's autocomplete feature when typing longer queries. Google announced that autocomplete will begin serving up search predictions based on only part of your search. Autocomplete, which basically tries to predict or refine what you're searching for based on popularity of search terms,

WordStream have repackaged all their different tools into a single "Keyword Research Suite" )KRS( and introduced a few tweaks to make it easier to use. The PPC management software company presented a more robust toolset to the public several months ago. The tools include: Keyword Finder, Negative Keyword Tool, Keyword Grouper, and the Niche Finder. Now it is all under one banner . Click to read the rest of this post.

PPC is as significant as ever, the SEM industry is stronger than ever and projected to grow 16 percent this year, and the Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance was well-received. Those are just a few of the takeaways from SEMPO's State Of Search Marketing Report 2011. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google has decided to drop the Hotpot name and merge it with Google Places , which is how Google should have set it up initially. The Foursquare-like recommendation engine touted 1 million monthly reviews and allowed users to connect with other profiles they trust to see those trusted user's personal reviews. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google's mobile ad business, AdMob, has conducted a survey of 1,431 users to find out how people use their tablet )devices(. The survey found: Nearly half )43%( of those surveyed use their tablet more than their desktops Over 30% of users spent more time on their tablet than the time they spent watching television. 82% primarily use their tablets at home. 77% reported that their desktop usage declined after obtaining a tablet device. Click to read the rest of this post.

Far behind third-party tools, like Mr. Tweet, Twitter finally launches a user directory. The Twitter blog posted an announcement of the new feature, entitled " Discover new accounts and search like a pro ", however the feature set is limited compared to the third party tools already out there. Nonetheless, with Twitter intending to own it's own eco-system, it is a step in the right direction. Click to read the rest of this post.

Microsoft today filed a formal complaint in Brussels accusing Google of curating a monopoly of the search market and unfairly promoting their own products. The chief concerns from Microsoft is the monopolization of YouTube indexing, the Android market, and Google advertising. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google plans for higher quality Gmail ads; more targeted, useful, and tailored towards desires. Although Gmail is said to be implementing changes in the ad's already, the personalization-based ads could still be a month out. Click to read the rest of this post.

Topsy.com, a market leading real-time search engine, has recently entered the realm of real-time video search . 1. New Video Search Feature Topsy trending videos provides the top 100, 1000, 5000 videos for each day in a chronological stream. as with other topsy trends )web, tweet, photo( trending videos are the most popular videos shared by influential users within the first 24 hours of their release.

Google's autocomplete feature no longer contains the word scam . The autocomplete feature offers results based off search volumes )i.e., if you're seeing something suggested, it is being heavily searched for(. However, search queries containing the word "scam" are now filtered out, forcing users to type in scam for themselves rather than see it offered as a top suggestion. Click to read the rest of this post.

Places Search is the latest Google property to add Instant results . Click to read the rest of this post.

Google )UK( released a new web site, a digital magazine layout, brings forth resources in the form of interviews entitled; Think Quarterly , also available for mobile users . It has been called a book, a newsletter, a magazine, but what it really is, is a resource for business professionals from small-to-large and everything in between. Click to read the rest of this post.

Bing News is now streaming in twitter results on the search pages sidebar. They are now displaying relevant tweets in the news results. It seems as though they are using tweets from any profile that contain the keyword)s( in the search query. By clicking on the "more updates" link, it will bring you to the social search where you will see the full stream of related tweets. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google finally released the Page Speed tool for Chome developer tools today. The Page Speed tool , previously available for Firebug/Firefox, can be downloaded and installed as an additional component of Google Chrome Developer Tools. Click to read the rest of this post.