What’s New in SEO for March 8, 2011

Writing by Nick Stamoulis Tweet

We have compiled the latest news and updates from the big three, Google, Bing and Yahoo as it relates to SEO and the search engines overall.

WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK WITH GOOGLE:
You’ve got better things to do than wait in traffic
Google Maps Navigation will now automatically route its users around traffic. Previously, it would just choose whichever route was fastest, without taking current traffic conditions into account. The newly updated routing algorithms will apply knowledge of current and historical traffic to select the fastest route.

WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK WITH YAHOO!:
Yahoo! Search BOSS Technical Documentation Released
The Yahoo! Search team is excited to release the technical specification for Yahoo! Search BOSS v2. This post provides a link to the API guide for developers.

WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING:
Bing Launches Deals
Bing recently launched Bing Deals for the desktop and mobile giving users access to more than 200,000 unique offers in over 14,000 cities and towns across the U.S. Bing Deals assembles leading offers from Groupon, Living Social and Restaurant.com (just to name a few).

So there you have it, the latest news in search from Google, Bing and Yahoo. We will be bringing you more exciting updates and news related to SEO and the world of search engine optimization each week, so check back often!