Monthly Archives: April 2011
Sony PlayStation Network Hack Attack May Have Stolen Personal Data
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/… Continue reading
Google Places Citations: 5 More Tactics to Earn Links for Your Local Business
Posted by randfishThe local listings in Google + Bing are becoming more competitive sector by sector and for some local businesses on the web, even tactics like competitive citation analysis and tools like Whitespark’s awesome local citation finder are… Continue reading
Microsoft’s Bing Maps Showcased Through Imagine Cup 2011
If you combine the total traffic of Yahoo and Bing (since Microsoft does run the search algorithm and ads for both), you would have a powerful force with an entire – 25% of the market. The rest, of course, belongs to Google. That’s to be anticipated in many ways (Google does a lot right, and they’ve […]
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Yahoo Buys IntoNow, Investing in Social
The world of search is run by monolithic companies with one fundamental power: the power to buy. With their immense resources, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are able to obtain both the talented minds and technical hardware necessary to run the show. Further, each of these companies routinely purchases startups. Little is more telling than these […]
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Weekly Search & Social News: 04/26/2011
Hello and welcome to another edition of ‘7 Days of Search and Social‘. I hope this edition finds you well. Lead Story Crap Hat is Alive and Well If there is one thing that myself and many other so-called ‘white hat’ types get irked by, is Google’s inability to deal with the crap and spam […]
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Google Docs Gets a File Upload Revamp
Users of Google Docs have been no strangers to positive change over the course of the last two years. Google Docs has added a number of great new features, including additional language support, an improved interface, easier sharing options, real-time updates on collaborator changes, and (most recently) pagination. Over the course of the next month, […]
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Top 10 Firefox Add-Ons for Web Designers
The Web Designer Series is supported by Wix.com, a free Flash online builder that makes website creation a breeze. Click here to create your own… Continue reading
Monitor Your Local Search Engine Positions with Local Search Rank Tracker
Local Search Rank Checker is a nice web-based tool that lets you check and track your local search engine positions efficiently. Here’s a quick overview of its features (you can run your own test drive and share your opinion: this doesn’t require any registration or payment) Track Your Local Rankings The tool is very easy to […]
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Monitor Your Local Search Engine Positions with Local Search Rank Tracker
You Think YOU Have a Duplicate Content Problem?
Duplicate content. We all know about it. Countless posts have been written on why it’s bad, how to avoid it. But maybe you’ve got a duplicate content problem and don’t even know it’s there. Or your duplicate content problem is bigger than you realize. So big, it’s epic. That’s what I discovered recently when auditing […]
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Be Wary of SEO Companies that Contact You First
Google says it flat out in their SEO Webmaster Guidelines, “Be wary of SEO firms and web consultants or agencies that send you email out of the blue.” There are plenty of disreputable and black hat SEO practitioners that are scrounging for clients. They’ll say anything they want to get you to hand over your […]
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