In case you didn't notice, Google Hot Trends went down for about 7 hours today. Well, to be more accurate, for about 7 hours the trends weren't updated. I know that for a lot of people, that's a business model blown to hell and with it a lot of their income.

Were you one of them?

If not, don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet.

You're not quite out of the woods.

One thing I learned, a very long time ago, is that nothing in life is certain other...