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Protest SOPA: Blackout Your Website the Google-Friendly Way
THIS BLOG IS SHUTTING DOWN FOR THE SOPA BLACKOUT ..
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Protest SOPA: Blackout Your Website the Google-Friendly Way
On Wednesday January 18, Reddit, Wikipedia andmany other websites will blackout their content in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN). Organizers of the SOPA Strike are asking interested sites to black out their content for 12 hours and display a message encouraging users to contact their congressional representatives and urge them to oppose the legislation.
Although it was rumored that Google might join in the protest, that does not appear to be the case. The search giant does, however, have some advice for anyone who would like to black out their site and ensure that doing so doesn’t harm their Google search rank or indexed content.
Writing on Google+, Google’s Pierre Far offers some practical tips in a post entitled, “Website Outages and Blackouts the Right Way.” The advice mirrors Google’s previous best practices for planned downtime, but warrants a closer look from anyone thinking of taking their site offline to protest the SOPA/PIPA/OPEN legislation. continue reading ..............
Two giant websites plan blackout on Wednesday to protest SOPA..."Wikipedia and Reddit will shut down for 24 hours as a protest against congressional consideration of the Online Piracy Act." ... The Hill: