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  1. Racing Penguin: How to Attack Unnatural Links Before Penguin Hits [Case Study]

    He worked through the weekend contacting the link builders they used about taking down the spammy links. Then I helped him craft an email to those people explaining the current link situation, how it could eventually hurt his website, and that we...

  2. Google Tests Smartphone Icon in Search Results to Identify Mobile Content

    SEO Bryson Meunier spotted the test over the weekend and grabbed a screenshot to demonstrate what he saw on his Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean: This is similar to Old Possum/Skip Redirect update Google announced in December, but instead of showing...

  3. Google April Fools' Day Pranks 2012: 8-Bit Maps, Chrome Multitask Mode & More!

    Or at the very least offer us a few cool new thrills on hot weekend afternoons. Google explains that it will take 45 minutes to update and you must agree to be responsible for the weather (if you’re too afraid, you can click “Dismiss”)!

  4. SOPA Explained: Why It’s Bad for the Web & How to #StopSOPA

    Last weekend, Senator Cardin, who cosponsored the legislation, announced he will vote against it! Andrew Couts at DigitalTrends has also compiled a list he continues to update as players join the SOPA supporters or drop out.

  5. Google+ vs. Facebook: More Passive Aggression & Creepiness in Tech Soap Opera

    To shed some light on the subject, I called my good friends Seth Myers and Amy Poehler, those fun-loving BS detectors from the “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update “Really? Meanwhile, Zuckerberg stopped by the Charlie Rose show to make a few...

  6. Should the Government Decide Where You Rank at Google?

    Consider this scenario in the offline world: During a visit to my local supermarket over the weekend, I noticed it has its own branded products prominently displayed on the shelves at eye-level, right there amongst all of the big-name branded...

  7. SEO Burn Notice: When You’re a Blogger, A Scorched Earth Policy Is a Bad Idea

    During Memorial Day weekend, he deleted every post, every piece of written text – all gone, all redirected to Tumblr. Perhaps it’s symbolic, but that’s exactly the approach I took to my digital presence this past Memorial Day weekend.

  8. Google Circles Could Be As Fake As Crop Circles, Or Is It?

    Rumors swirled around the launching of Google's social platform at SXSW last weekend, but ultimately the product now supposedly named 'Google Circles' was a no show and the launch is now possibly slated for May, the Next Web reported.

  9. Egypt PM: Missing Google Exec. To Be Released Today

    Earlier in the day, Naguib Sawiris, a prominent Egyptian businessman who was among several others meeting with Vice President Omar Suleiman over the weekend, said that he had been assured Mr. UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal reported Ghonim has been...

  10. Google Buys Quicksee, YouTube Tests Live Streaming, Social Usurps Search & more - A Weekend Roundup

    Here's a roundup of the top weekend search headlines and tips from around the Web, sorted by category. Yahoo Mimics Facebook With Groups Update; Users Retaliate - TechCrunch Google Reported To Buy Quicksee For $10 Million.