A lot is happening in the world of search and social and as you know State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you. That doesn’t mean however we are not interested in the news. In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed.  

Here’s what happened last week

Raven Tools Removes Scraped Data To Maintain Access to AdWords API

Raventools has decided to remove unauthorized Google data from their platform. This means they will no longer offer Google rankings and are eliminating their SERP Tracker tool.

Related stories online: Raventools, Searchengineland

Facebook to Buy Microsoft’s Atlas Ad Platform?

A rumour coming from AllthingsD’s Kara Swisher who reports that Facebook might be buying Microsoft’s Atlas Ad Platform.

Related stories online: AllThingsD, Business Insider

Google Adds Interactive Places “Carousel” to iPad Search

Google launched an update for iPad users that makes places searches more interesting with the scrolling results bar that displays place cards.

Related stories online: Webpronews, 9to5Google, Endgadget

Google’s Knowledge Graph Expands To More Languages

At LeWeb Googler Ben Gomes announced that Knowledge Graph, Google’s instant information tool in the search results, is expanding to more languages including Italian, French, Japanese and Russian.

Related stories online: TechCrunch, Androidpolice, Semanticweb

Google launches Google+ Communities

Google last week launched a new addition to Google+: Google+ Communities. By many considered as the equivalent of Facebook Groups.

Related stories online: Google, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Marketingland

Google Groupon take over in the making?

The Groupon stocks went up this week (really!), mainly because of the rumour that Google might be interested in buying Groupon.

Related stories online: Bloomberg, Forbes, VentureBeat, Business Insider

Google Updates OneBox Results Design for Mobile

Google announced they have updated their OneBox results, also known as quick answer results, to match the mobile and tablet designs.

Related stories online: Searchengineland, Inside Search, Webpronews

2012 Yahoo Year In Review

It’s that time of year again and now Yahoo has shared their views / results of 2012.

Related stories online: Searchengineland, PC Magazine, PC World, Searchenginewatch

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