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Google to penalize users engaging in copyright infringement

The Google Panda and Penguin algorithms have been a primary focus for webmasters and web content writers for the past couple of years. However, people under the impression this means Google is no longer focusing on other areas of online engagement are completely wrong. Google is constantly updating its service and changing the way it [...]

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Today is World Day Against Cyber-Censorship

The start of this work week is Monday, March 12. This day also marks World Day Against Cyber-Censorship. Anyone that uses the internet should be concerned how online censorship could affect his or her ability to navigate the web in a manner that allows a truly free web experience. The potential for online censorship has [...]

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Last week’s SOPA and PIPA protest worked – for now. So what is on the horizon?

The official internet blackout day from last Wednesday, January 18 and the events in the following days have put a hold on the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP for now, but opponents of the House and Senate bills need to understand this is merely round one. This could still be a long, hard [...]

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The Silverback Marketing Round-up for January 16-January 20, 2012

Two days have passed since the SOPA Blackout Day on Wednesday, January 18. If Congress, the entertainment industry and other supporters of H.R. 3261 were hoping that the opposition to this bill was simply going to fade away they were very mistaken. If anything, the support for the opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act [...]

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Today is Wednesday January 18, 2012. It is also SOPA Blackout Day.

Back on January 9 Silverback Marketing reported there was a possibility of an internet blackout day to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. The United States Senate is scheduled to debate H.R. 3261 on January 24, just six days from today, so the original rumor in regards to an internet blackout was for the event [...]

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Is there going to be an “internet blackout” in protest of SOPA?

Several months have passed since the Stop Online Piracy Act was first introduced to Congress. Representative Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas plus a bi-partisan group of twelve co-sponsors introduced this controversial bill on October 26, 2011, much to the displeasure of companies such as Google and Facebook. Originally GoDaddy.com was in support of H.R. [...]

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The campaign against GoDaddy.com continues as new information is revealed to the public

It was just yesterday on December 27 that Silverback Marketing posted about GoDaddy.com and its stance on SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. On December 23, 2011, GoDaddy officially stated that it was reversing its position and was no longer in support of SOPA. However, the grass roots campaign that had started against GoDaddy.com was [...]

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GoDaddy pulls its support of SOPA – somewhat

Back on October 26, 2011, the Stop Online Piracy Act or H.R. 3261 was introduced to Congress by Republican Representative Lamar Smith from Texas and a bi-partisan group of twelve more sponsors. The basic premise of the bill, an act to help fight online piracy is a good thing. However, the way this bill was [...]

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