links for 2009-04-12

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• Ben Ramsey » Blog Archive » A rev=”canonical” Rebuttal
  The anti "rev=canonical" position.
  (tags: web html url linkrot)
• The five ages of the brain: Adulthood - life - 05 April 2009 - New Scientist
  Brainpower declines from age 27, apparently. But not wisdom.
  (tags: science brain mind)
• Chris Shiflett | Save the Internet with rev="canonical"
  This is for the pro "rev=canonical" side of solving the URL shortener problem.
  (tags: web html url microformats)
• Official Google Webmaster Central Blog | Specify your canonical
  Lucid explanation of rel="canonical" for indicating the canonical form of the URL for a given page of web content.
  (tags: development web google html url seo)
• Sorting Algorithm Animations
  Educational fun. Built on Google's AppEngine.
  (tags: programming visualization algorithms sorting)
• Unweary | The Security Implications of URL Shortening Services
  "A hacker or spammer is empowered by using a "benign" URL shortening service that everyone uses and everyone trusts." URL shortening services from the angle of what they can do for the bad guys.
  (tags: web spam security url)

chris @ April 13, 2009