What’s This? A Search Engine Watch Blog?

That’s right, kind reader — you’ve stumbled into the alpha test of our new Search Engine Watch Blog. We’re telling everyone about it on September 16 in more detail, but feel free to play with what we’re testing.

UPDATE: News of our public launch is here: Welcome To The Search Engine Watch Blog

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