For some reason, I saw a bump in traffic to a page that linked to a “make-your-own-Trump-executive order” page

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This was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight but time for a break.

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A former student working in SEO shared this. I miss Google classic.

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It’s something to do.

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