This day in search marketing history: January 18

Google blackens its logo, configures Googlebot to crawl at a much lower rateIn 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.
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