cr1t1calh1t - 2:17 pm on Mar 9, 2012 (gmt 0)

5-Day Forecast: Intermittent serp testing with continued panda flux through the weekend, tapering off into the beginning of next week.

Ecomm sites to the north can expect more of the same: lots of unqualified traffic with rare scattered bursts of sales and more of that heavy foreign and zombie traffic we've seen so much of lately. The info sites to the south and east of us will continue to get pounded by a steady mix of irrelevant results and outright spam.

Expect some clearing heading into next week, but don't get too comfortable because there's a new high pressure system building and big changes are headed our way.

Next up, Google expected to announce record earnings for the first quarter based on strong revenue growth driven by increased advertising demand from online retailers.