Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Businesses can now sign up to add booking buttons to their Google local resultsOct 23, 2017 by Barry Schwartz After many questions, Google finally adds a …

Most travelers prefer to keep expensive electronics like laptops in their carry-on bags, but you may soon be forbidden to check a laptop or similar piece of electronics. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recommended that laptops be banned from checked luggage worldwide. The proposal will be taken up at …

App downloads and revenue hit record levels in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new report out this morning from App Annie. Downloads across the two major app stores, Apple’s App Store and Google Play, reached nearly 26 billion worldwide – up 8 percent over the same time …

Photo: Twenty20 Forget sexy, we’re bringing strength back — that is, to the back of your body. While you know toughening up your muscles with weight training helps sidestep injury, focusing only on your front (think push-ups, bench presses and bicep curls) won’t cut it. Here’s why: Those moves — …

Photo: Twenty20 If you’re a health-conscious individual or exercise on the reg, you’ve likely kept tabs on your protein intake at some point. After all, you need the macronutrient to build and repair muscle tissue, keep your immune system in check, fuel your workouts and much more. The good news: …

These Guilt Free Homemade Samoas (or do you call them Caramel deLites?) cookies are SO much better than the prepackaged Girl Scouts kind!  You get the same shortbread-like base, coconut-caramel topping, and chocolate drizzle, except this DIY recipe is all natural, reduced sugar, dairy free, and vegan.  No need for the …

Excavations led by a University of Tübingen archaeologist at the site of a recently-discovered Bronze Age settlement in the Kurdistan region of Iraq have uncovered almost 100 clay tablets dating back to the period of the Middle Assyrian Empire (1250 BC). 3,250-year-old cuneiform tablets were found inside a clay vessel …

Organic-rich materials found on Ceres by NASA’s Dawn orbiter are native to the dwarf planet, according to new research led by Southwest Research Institute planetary researcher Simone Marchi. Dawn data show a region around Ceres’ Ernutet crater where organic concentrations have been discovered; the color coding shows the surface concentration …

When we covered the appearance of in-browser cryptocurrency mining two weeks ago, it was confined to a single site; The Pirate Bayq. Now, in just a few weeks, the number of sites deploying this kind of in-browser mining solution has skyrocketed. Initially, Coinhive was offering Monero (cryptocurrency) Javascript mining, but …

Williams, making an appearance at the year-end championship for the first time since 2009, got a break back in the fifth game, but Pliskova broke twice more to take the opener. Williams had an opportunity to get a foothold in the match in the second set, but Pliskova fought off …