Vanessa discusses a Google survey that studied consumers on their choice of search engine between Google and Bing and a Google Webmaster Central blog post that tells us about their Search Globe, a new visual display representing one day of Google searches around the world.

She also discusses Facebook and their possible acquisition of Skype, plus Matt Cutts responds to the Google Panda Update.

Vanessa gives her take on Google +1. She also discusses a Mashable post that talks about Why Websites Are Slow and Why Speed Really Matters, plus By keeping users happy and Facebook at bay, could Google fix the newspaper business?

Vanessa answers a listener question about the First link counts rule, which says Google will follow the anchor text of only the first link. She also discuss headlines that include the Redesigned Bing Bar Toolbar, Google Search Results Get More Social and the best approach for SEO optimization of website navigation links.

Vanessa discusses Scoring the 2011 Super Bowl Commercials For Search Visibility and Visitor Engagement and discusses the AOL acquisition of the Huffington Post; Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis says it is Time To End The Content Farm Arms Race.

Google Algorithm Launch To Fight Content Spam Now Reality; Google Voice Number Porting Now Available, Google Alleges Bing Is Cheating Copying Their Search Results; Review Sites Rancor Rises With Prominence of Google Place Pages; Google Will Drop Real Estate Search and Listings From Maps.

Bing Powered Searches are Up 5 percent in December 2010, as Vanessa looks at how Google is dominating the worlds market share, plus how other search engines are faring worldwide. She also goes into a question on blog software installation and SEO myths like title tags, linkbuilding and more.

Vanessa discusses Bad reviews and their effect on site rankings, plus copyright development and how it impacts news publishers who are legally licensed to use syndicated stories.

Google Instant Preview is a new way that Google Now Lets You Preview Search Results Before You Click Them. Plus, Google Creates Source Meta Tags To Help ID Original News Sources.

Rich Snippets in Google Search Results. Vanessa talks about how Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds Rich Snippets to Search Results.

Also, news of Marissa Mayer changing her role at Google, plus Bing is now making use of it to show new Liked By Your Friends matches and Facebook-powered people search results.

Vanessa discusses how Facebook went down Thursday, impeding access to the web site from browsers as well as third-party apps. She also answers a listener question on microformats.