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Privacy:

• Ad execs were asked to wring their hands regarding online privacy concerns now that the NSA shenanigans have been brought to light. Their responses: probably no significant impact on online ad privacy concerns.

Search:

• Word on the street in black hat search circles is that the most recent Penguin release actually worked; this time mostly penalizing spam pages, rather than causing more collateral damage.

Analytics:

• Nine out of ten statisticians indicate that it is probable that most analysts of data nowadays are less likely to be in a majority group that are themselves most often statisticians. And they're learning to cope.