Google's SOPA/PIPA prorest, plus: URL changes, Google core algorithm updates, AdWords mobile targeting, stop words and more.
Google blackens its logo, configures Googlebot to crawl at a much lower rate
In 2012, when you visited Google, you saw this:
That’s how Google voiced its opposition to two bills being discussed in Congress – the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). At the time, many feared the proposed legislation would censor the web and hurt U.S. businesses.
What about the SEO impact? Google had previously shared some SEO blackout advice.
Also on this day in 2012, Google’s Pierre Far revealed that GoogleBot would “crawl at a much lower rate for today only so that the Google results of websites participating in the blackout are less likely to be affected.”
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