It's Saturday, and you know what that means: a chore list as long as your arm and the weekly Web Search news roundup (not necessarily in that order). Let's get right to it:
- Google's movie showtimes, digitally remastered: Google's added a few improvements to your movie searching experience, including detailed background information, maps, and genre filters.
- Bing partners with Wolfram Alpha: Bing and Wolfram Alpha will be collaborating to make Bing search results even better.
- One in four now use Firefox to surf the Web: Firefox has snagged up 25% of total browser market share.
- Yahoo adds more to video search: Yahoo has tweaked their already excellent video search service with deeper search suggestions/relevance.
- Experimenting with Digg Trends: Want to see what's popular on Digg? Check out Digg Trends, a new(ish) innovation that places trending stories on the front page.
- Facebook and Wikipedia execs to brief the Vatican on the Web: Executives from Wikipedia and Facebook are at the Vatican until Sunday to talk about the World Wide Web.
- Clicker.com aims to become the Internet usher: Want to see what's showing in the world of Web multimedia? Clicker might be a good answer.
- Interview with founder of Isohunt: Excellent in-depth interview with the founder of Isohunt, one of the most popular torrent search engines on the Web.
Did I miss something? Let us know about a Web search news item that happened this week in the comments below, or comment on what's been posted.
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