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Today's webmaster video: "Does using stock photos on your pages have a negative effect on rankings?" goo.gl/OuIJS
Read how Baratunde Thurston left internet for ~1 mth: goo.gl/TX9qK When I went off social media for 30 days, it changed my habits.
Basically: MAINWAY=bulk phone metadata. MARINA=bulk internet metadata. NUCLEON gets contents of phone calls. PRISM targets internet content.
Important WaPo story on MAINWAY, MARINA, NUCLEON, and PRISM: goo.gl/auFKd Clear explanation of NSA programs.
Life protip: get married in the year 2000. Then it's easy to figure out how long you've been married. Try it!
Our request is clear: to publish national security requests separately. goo.gl/c04ug
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Steven Levy goes behind the scenes on Google's internet-via-balloon moonshot in New Zealand: goo.gl/yyTDN
A new Google[x] project emerges: internet access via high-altitude balloons: goo.gl/IY9mH #yes #really
Check out this new campaign for fair elections in New York: goo.gl/Tn2Pc #dontcomehome In NY? Please RT!
The difference between "we can neither confirm nor deny" vs. a strong denial: m.cnet.com/news/nsa-surve…
Important webmaster video about manual webspam action: goo.gl/Z6daf Now get an example URL! #smx Please share!
Regarding yesterday's smartphone ranking announcement: goo.gl/3l8HE this xkcd comic is good: xkcd.com/869/
♫ Never gonna give you up ♫ When Rick Astley starts playing, the universe is telling you to go to bed.
It's much easier to meet and talk to people when you're carrying a giant stuffed animal. #smx #lifetip
Completely agree with @google, @SenJeffMerkley & others—we'd like more NSL transparency and @twitter supports efforts to make that happen
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Facebook & Microsoft also asking for more transparency on FISA requests: m.washingtonpost.com/business/techn… and goo.gl/RmQNh
We just started a new ranking update today for some spammy queries. See 2:30-3:10 of this video: goo.gl/ufCiH #smx
A 2011 post about forward secret HTTPS: goo.gl/faZ9b Google protects your SSL from retroactive decryption.
Google wants to make aggregate numbers of national security requests available: googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/asking… Too much secrecy bad for democracy.
Important: if your website has smartphone errors, we may change rankings for smartphone users: goo.gl/x8R4A #smx
New video today: "What are common mistakes you see when using the "disavow links" tool?" goo.gl/mcHOq #smx
Ramez Naam has been following PRISM. His take: goo.gl/TkfMA FISA needs real judicial oversight, transparency.
More on-the-record, official information from David Drummond (Google's chief legal officer): goo.gl/D6eEk
Eric Schmidt writes "CNET gets it right on the Google issue": goo.gl/M4iFH
"[T]he level of secrecy around the current legal procedures undermines the freedoms we all cherish." goo.gl/yJKJO
Google's official response on PRISM: googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/what.h… Really glad we're tackling this head on.
Guardian report: "NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily" goo.gl/LIMuT
Today's webmaster video: "Will Google be evaluating the use of rel="author" moving forward?" goo.gl/lmWXs
Basically, not only is Google keeping CalDAV open, but making CardDAV available to everyone too: googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2013/06/making…
Important post: "Making Google’s CalDAV and CardDAV APIs available for everyone": goo.gl/gxEA5
Some great startup advice from Sam Altman: goo.gl/vBkvF
A new in-depth webmaster video today: "What are some misconceptions in the SEO industry?" goo.gl/PPLBP
Here's a good way to add two-factor authentication to SSH for a Linux server: goo.gl/FxvzA
A monitor with 3840 x 2160 resolution: goo.gl/TSC2N Sounds nice. No official price, but I'm guessing "expensive."
Six good tips for international websites: goo.gl/hzXXm
A pretty good overview of the stages of Penguin recovery: searchenginejournal.com/penguin-2-0-yo…
Fellow Googler Niels Provos likes to hunt malware and make swords. Watch him make swords: goo.gl/xtLQ2
Google announces open access to its research publications, now that ACM will permit it. Excellent! - j.mp/10IyIfA
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More details on native advertising that can violate our guidelines: plus.google.com/+MattCutts/pos…
Today's webmaster video is about native advertising and advertorials: goo.gl/dg196 It's an important one.
Google proposes new, open specs to add colors to fonts online: google-opensource.blogspot.com/2013/05/open-s…
A great piece by Chris Anderson about compelling talks: goo.gl/DfzeF Lots of solid advice for any public speaker.
A sweet love letter from Matt Mullenweg to WordPress: goo.gl/3t0ON
Unlabeled Object Recognition in Google+ means finding things in your photos just got easier: goo.gl/t6F99
In case you missed it, we're taking Penguin spam reports at bit.ly/penguinspamrep… and digging into the feedback we get.
Thanks to everyone sending Penguin spam reports at bit.ly/penguinspamrep… We're digging into the feedback now.
Here's a special spam report form: bit.ly/penguinspamrep… Please tell us about the spammy sites that Penguin missed.
If you're curious about Google X, this piece pulls back the curtain a little: businessweek.com/printer/articl…