Posts About ‘SOPA’

A World Without Wikipedia

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Earlier this week part of the internet community went black in a protest against SOPA (I hope you did your SEO when participating?), an act which might become an actual Bill in the US and which will then affect the entire web community.

One of the sites which went black was Wikipedia. For some that was a blessing in disguise, for others it was an indication of what they would actually miss if the sites would black out anyway. This infographic, created by Greg Voakes, shows what the world would look like without Wikipedia. Would you miss it..? (more…)

What’s This “SOPA” All About?

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So you’ve been hearing a lot about SOPA, is the interweb turning black today? And why? And what does that mean for me? A lot of questions if you have no idea. And since going to Wikipedia is not an option today, because they did turn black you have no clue.

That is why we decided to publish not one but two infographics. In one post, don’t worry you infographic-haters out there ;) . One will give you a quick overview of what SOPA is, the other one looks at the implications of SOPA when it comes to business. (more…)

Participating in the SOPA Black Out? Don’t Forget to SEO

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This Wednesday many sites around the web will turn black. This as a protest to plans in the US called the Stop Online Piracy Act. Even though the White House is said not to support SOPA this bill might just become a law, which would be disastrous for the online industry. It is supposed to protect the intellectual properties online, but it can also be seen as possible Internet censorship. Therefore some of the big players, like Wikipedia and Reddit, on the web will turn black on Wednesday, to make a statement.

Maybe you are making that same statement. If so, you need to think of a few things. What many sites don’t realize is that “blacking out your site” might just harm your rankings in Google. Google after all doesn’t stop crawling and if they can’t find your site or do find it but won’t find anything ‘but black’ just when you are joining in on the protest, you might just lose your rankings.

Luckily Google has Pierre Far. This Googler, who is speaking at the next Thinkvisibility by the way, is not only a nice guy if you meet him in person, he thinks along with webmasters. So he decided to post some helpful tips for webmasters who plan to participate in the blackout on his Google+ Profile. (more…)