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"I'm sure you all had a wonderful week learning about the numerous conferences that we didn't liveblog -- Blogworld Expo (blogged by The Lisa and Lee Odden, adTech (blogged by a bunch of people, including the guys at Mashable), and well, that pretty much kept most of us busy.  My next conference stop is Pubcon, guys.  I intend to be quite busy. :) (By the way, if you're going to be there and want to blog, let us know.)So, now that an entire week has passed, what is new in our little search bubble?  Let's take a look.Microsoft Live Webmaster Portal: Exclusive ScreenshotsBarry walked through the brand new Microsoft Live Webmaster Portal earlier this week and offered some screenshots of the features. It looks pretty cool. I want access.  kthx.Monkey BusinessGoogle was under fire earlier this week because of the ineffectiveness of its image-labeling algorithms.  In fact, they need a lot of work.  Two African American leaders were accidentally paired up with monkeys in an image search, obviously giving off the wrong impression and disappointing many.  But is Google racist?  I would think not.  This is the nature of building up technology that hasn't been recognized yet.  And the algorithms are far from perfect, but at least more of the relevant results especially as purchased through text links show up in the SERPs.  (Hi Matt!)Google Expanding Western Union Payments to Africa... but Patience is a VirtueFor those of you overseas, be advised that you'll soon be able to use Western Union payments.  However, Google jumped the gun on this one -- it's not available yet.  Google: Update or No Update?A few people reported earlier this week that Google's search results were being updated.  A few people have lost considerable traffic and rankings.  One pinpoints the problem to Google starting to take more aggressive measures on duplicate content.  What are your suspicions, and have you noticed anything?AOL to Acquire QuigoAOL is buying Quigo for $300 million.  The purchase includes two Quigo products: AdSonar, which is like AdSense, and FeedPoint for search engine marketing.  Congratulations to both parties.  You've been patted on the back by forum folks.g.cnGoogle has finally activated its g.cn domain name, making the shortest domain name ever owned by the search engine giant of the Western Hemisphere.  IAC Splits Companies and keeps Ask.comIAC, the parent company of Ask.com, has split into 5 publicly traded companies. IAC will still be the umbrella company for Ask and Bloglines (which just came out with a pretty awesome Top 1000 Feeds this week).  Google Mobile OS: Yes, it's TrueWell, rumors about the Googlephone have finally been addressed: there is no phone.  Instead, Google is coming out with an open source mobile operating system.  Would you use it? What about those awesome iPhones?  I still love my Treo. Commitments, commitments...Google AdSense Management Features Rolled Out, and it's Quick TooLook out, publishers: there are some changes to AdSense code that will require you to update your web properties.  And don't be afraid to implement this change: it takes about 10 minutes to go into effect.  Want to Get Google to Speak at an Event?  Just AskDear Google: my birthday is in 2 months.  I was hoping you can speak at the party.If you're one of those people who wants to have Google speak at an event (not a birthday party -- sorry), you can simply ask Google for their presence by filling out a speaker request form.  Now you know.  If you do end up having a Googler attend your birthday party, please be sure to invite me.Speaking of Events: Susan Clarifies SitelinksAt a recent speaking engagement, Susan Moskwa answered some questions regarding "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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