Google co-founder Sergey Brin has repeated warnings that the greatest threat to Internet freedom is government censorship focused on crushing political dissent, and warned that attacks against online piracy are “misguided and dangerous”.

Although a formal launch is planned for this weekend, Google’s Street View imagery for Israel is already online. It marks the first time Google has put street photographs online from any Middle Eastern country.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

Posted by randfish Having overly optimized web pages could soon get your websites in some hot water with Google and their search results.

YouTube has added 500 hundred new movie titles from Paramount Pictures and more than 600 titles from MGM.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Home Depot To Correct Misleading Link Request It read like one of those bad link requests you get. Link to me, and you’ll rank better

The Google Analytics Forum is lighting up with questions about how to access the old version of Google Analytics. I linked to one thread, but there are plenty of threads with this question popping up…

It read like one of those bad link requests you get.

How does one manage the day-to-day health of the site’s performance while mapping a course to even greater treasures? Check out Covario’s most recent eSolutions Spotlight article to learn how to use site audits as a compass to guide the way. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Tuesday, April 24th – 1 PM EST/10 AM PST Google+ and Social’s Impact on Search Speakers: Monica Wright, Search Engine Land Julia Schoenegger, Searchmetrics Monica Wright from Search Engine Land shares tips on Google+ to get the best results with Google Search. And Julia Schoenegger from..