It’s always good to hear of new developments that will make life easier and Jeremiah Andrick of MSN Live Search Webmaster Center does just that. Announcement #1: Microsoft has released AdCenter Desktop Platform into Beta. Announcement #2: Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have come together with a detailed documentation on how Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) is implemented. Announcement #3: Microsoft has also created a Web Page Error Toolkit to help webmasters and customers in the search process. Check out details on all three announcements in Mike McDonald’s interview with Jeremiah Andrick at SMX Advanced right here on WebProNews.

WebProNews takes a look back at some of the more interesting headlines and stories of the past week. Some topics covered are a few new Google features, lots of Microsoft/Yahoo action as well as a couple of new tools for the savvy SEO crowd.

For you’re your convenience, here are some of the links to items/pages/sites referenced in this week’s video:

WebProNews on Quattrone/Google/Yahoo

ZDNet Summary of Yahoo/MSN dealings

Google Analytics Graphing

Google Talk Enhancements

Google App Engine:
On WebProNews
On Matt Cutts Blog

Yahoo Ad Sales

USA Today Alerts

SEO Book Search Engine Rank Tool

Hope you find the links/articles useful. See you next time!

Kevin Lee, the Executive Chairman of Did-It, spoke with Mike McDonald about several intriguing topics at SES New York. In addition to his Did-It responsibilities, Lee serves on the board for SEMPO. He discusses a few of the results from SEMPO’s annual survey. One interesting finding is that organic search results are gaining favor over paid search results. Check out all the details from Kevin Lee including his thoughts on Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo! only on WebProNews. Keep watching WebProNews for more video coverage of SES New York 2008.

During SMX West in Santa Clara, Mike McDonald of WebProNews talked with Matt Van Wagner, the President of Find Me Faster. They discuss the current Microsoft/Yahoo situation form a paid search perspective. Van Wagner also gives 2008 predictions for the search engines and integrating tools. Catch the full interview, only on WebProNews.

Mike McDonald of WebProNews had a nice chat with Danny Sullivan during SMX West 2008, in Santa Clara. Search Engine Land’s Editor-in-Chief discusses the show including the first ever search bowl. Universal or blended search were among the hot topics of the show and Sullivan explains how that came about. He even gives his take on the Microsoft-Yahoo situation. Get the inside scoop from Danny Sullivan, only on WebProNews.

In the New Year, Google seems to be changing their algorithm and making the search results more time related. The leading search engine has been ranking items from popular sites like Digg higher than factual or historical sites like Wikipedia. Is this a move towards a Web 3.0? In other news, Kara Ratliff reports that Yahoo’s Chief Performance Expert, Steve Souders plans on joining the Google team on January 7th, 2008. For more details of the news, keep watching WebProNews.