Daily Search Forum Recap: January 18, 2012

Jan 18, 2012 - 4:00 pm 0 by

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Search Engine Roundtable Stories:

  • Google Acts For SOPA But Bing & Yahoo Don't
    Google has blacked out their logo to protest SOPA and PIPA. But Microsoft Bing and Yahoo have done nothing to protest loudly on their home pages. Google's logo takes you to this landing page with some details on the regulations and a way to take action and fight against it...
  • Yahoo's Co-Founder, Jerry Yang, Resigns
    Yesterday, I was shocked to learn that Yahoo's co-founder, Jerry Yang has resigned from Yahoo effective immediately. Yang told the Yahoo board: My time at Yahoo...
  • GoogleBot Slows Down For SOPA
    Pierre Far from Google announced on his Google+ page that Google has seriously slowed down the GoogleBots, Google's web crawlers...
  • adCenter 2+ Month Data Bug
    I believe we reported this in November 2011, where advertisers using Microsoft adCenter haven't seen updated search volume data since early November...
  • Google Graffiti: We're Watching You
    A spotted a picture on Flickr taken by bitchcakesny and posted just recently of graffiti on the Pulaski bridge. The picture is Google's logo, replacing the Os with video cameras, as if Google is alwa

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