SearchCap: New Google design, Yahoo in review & top stories

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

Google replaces “in the news” box with “top stories” on desktop
Dec 7, 2016 by Barry Schwartz
Google has replaced the “in the news” title with “top stories” on desktop to bring it more inline with the mobile version of the search results.
More content, less traffic: part I
Dec 7, 2016 by Conrad Saam
It’s important to have high-quality content on your website, but columnist Conrad Saam believes that SEOs might be overdoing it.
Yahoo 2016 Year in Review: ‘2016 Election’ top search term & ‘Election Day’ No. 1 news story
Dec 7, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues
Yahoo says “Donald Trump” ranked as its second most popular search of the year, while “Hillary Clinton” barely made the top 10.
The year in review: Top 5 MarTech insights and showstoppers
Dec 7, 2016 by Scott Brinker
As we turn our eyes toward the new year and the next MarTech conference, we have much to reflect on. The pace of change and the adoption of marketing technologies continue to accelerate. And more than ever, marketing technology is playing a critical role in this time of massive upheaval and digital disruption. “Technology changes […]
Recent changes to organic sitelinks cause major drops in impressions in Google Search Console
Dec 7, 2016 by Melody Petulla
Google released sitelink updates that caused impression and average position drops in Google Search Console. Merkle SEOs Melody Petulla and Kyle Blanchette dive into what happened, how to check your site and what it means for SEO.
‘Tis the season to optimize search bidding
Dec 7, 2016 by Sponsored Content: [24]7
If you manage paid search marketing and your business is retail, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas probably don’t give you much time for sober reflection. Retail is intensely seasonal, and that is as true online as it is in stores. Search engine marketers generally understand the pattern, but they vary widely in how […]
Google begins rolling out a new desktop search user interface
Dec 6, 2016 by Barry Schwartz
Check out the new desktop search interface rolling out to a Google near you.