Firefox's Default Search Engine Is Now Yahoo

You read that right. Firefox's default search engine is Yahoo - and aims to have a a full roll out starting December 2014. They also agreed for a five-year strategic partnership including future integration. Google will still be available along with Bing, eBay, Amazon, Twitter and Wikipedia as alternative search options.

For more details, read the Firefox Blog post here. Marissa Meyer also announced this on Yahoo!'s Tumblr blog.

HTTPS Is A Ranking Factor

Is your site secure? HTTPS is now a ranking factor. Visit Google Webmaster blog for more information.

Cheers! 

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html