Manage updates with the Download AppSOPA protests won't damage Google search rankings
Ordinarily, taking your Web site offline or removing its content is pretty high on the list of ways to damage its prominence in Google search results.
But Google has granted a special exemption during the protests today of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Many in the tech realm despise the proposed legislation and are protesting it with blackened, content-free sites.
Pierre Far, a Webmaster trends analyst at Google, offered an assurance that SOPA protests today won't cause problems with Googlebot, the system Google uses to constantly examine the Web's content and structure.
"We realize many Web … Read more
