Lots of Google-related happenings of late. Here’s a quick list:

• Google Scholar released a new advanced search interface (SearchEngineWatch Blog)
• CBS’ 60 Minutes gets up-close and personal with Google (you can watch the segment here)
• Google publishes their 2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist, with a cool interactive summary of the data done in Flash.
• Google Labs is working on video search (Google Blogoscoped)
• A new AnewdWords policy from Google rains on affiliates’ parade (Unofficial Google Weblog). Three cheers for Google! It’s about time they clamped down.
• ServerSideGuy provides a thorough dissection of Google Suggest
• Google Hacks, 2nd edition has hit the bookstores (Google Blogoscoped)
• Questions & answers about the “Google Sandbox” and PageRank lag (SEO Chat)
• A healthy dose (9 pages worth!) of prognostication on What’s Next for Google (Technology Review)