WordPress.org today launched WordPress 4.5, which adds a slew of new features to the blog management tool to “streamline your workflow, whether you’re writing or building your site.†You can download the new release now from WordPress.org/Download (8.0MB). WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that powers 25 percent of the Web. The latest version...Read More
The job of an SEO has certainly evolved over time due to Google cracking down on spam techniques, the rise of mobile, changes in the SERPs and so on. But what does an SEO really do these days, and how has this role changed over the years? A look into the past and present On-page...Read More
Whether you like Google Fiber, already have a great Internet plan, or have no interest in switching over, you have to admit that the free Internet Google offers in some cities is a pretty good deal for those that know to ask about it. It’s also plausible that Google’s free Fiber might have been more...Read More
Share This Article Got a tech question? Ask John! By now you’ve likely heard of the Panama Papers Breach. It is the largest data breach to journalists in history, weighing in so far at 2.6 terabytes and 11.5 million documents. The data breach has so far brought down the Prime Minister of Iceland and surrounded...Read More
The last time a Google robot trounced through the snow in a video, the robot lost its job. This one might have better luck. At a New Economic Summit conference in Tokyo on Friday, the founder of Schaft — one of the robotics companies Google acquired three years ago and moved to its X lab...Read More
WordPress.com is adding HTTPS support for all of its blogs. If you have a custom domain or a blog under the wordpress.com domain name (like bestcrabrestaurantsinportland.wordpress.com), you’re good to go. While many social services like Facebook and Twitter have supported HTTPS for a while now, WordPress.com was still lagging behind for custom domain names. Since...Read More
SEO is tough. I’ve worked on countless projects where the company has seriously underestimated the resources needed for an SEO campaign. More often than not, they’ve read a case study online where someone has scaled up their organic search traffic from zero and is now bringing in hundreds of thousands of visitors to their website each month. “Well,...Read More
When was the last time you needed to Google something and Google wasn’t there? Odds are, you don’t remember that ever happening. Sure, there are times when you can’t reach Google because your internet connection is down. But Google’s primary online services, from its search engine to Gmail to Google Docs and more, are nearly...Read More
Medium is launching a set of tools to help publications publish and make money on the web. Dubbed Medium for Publishers, the WordPress competitor will offer publishers a free content management system, a standalone URL, and the ability to participate in two beta experiments—one to host promoted posts, the other to offer paid memberships. A dozen...Read More
One thing sustains startups and existing businesses. With business, sustainability is everything. Massive sales are awesome, but they have to be sustainable. New growth is great, but it has to be sustainable. Come up with another business/startup maxim and you can couple the word sustainable to it as well. If you want long term success,...Read More
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