Facebook and Google are building enormous neural networks—artificial brains—that can instantly recognize faces, cars, buildings, and other objects in digital photos. But that’s not all these brains can do. They can recognize the spoken word, translate from one language to another, target ads, or teach a robot to screw a cap onto a bottle. And...Read More
Group goes after company promoting WordPress assistance with domain names that include “WordPressâ€. WordPress Foundation, the charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg for the WordPress open source project, has sued the owner of TheWordPressHelpers.com and other domains. The lawsuit alleges that Edward Jeffrey Yablon and PC-VIP, Inc. are infringing WordPress’ trademarks and that the use...Read More
Building inbound links is a major headache for most search marketers, due to a painful combination of factors. Having a great inbound link profile is necessary to get any kind of search-engine-optimization visibility, but at the same time, building bad links can earn you a penalty and set you back weeks or months. Thanks to...Read More
At the Nest press announcement this morning for its new wireless camera and features, Google had nary a mention. Briefly, Nest noted the imminent collaboration with Google’s new software system, Brillo. That was it. Nest has been adamant that it runs separately from the Mountain View mothership, particularly with its customer data. But tucked in its press release,...Read More
“How’s your week been?” “Nothing too unusual. Went on TV yesterday to help users understand the LastPass breach. Been working on PowerPoints for a briefing. Oh, and I accidentally crashed somewhere between 10,000 and 70,000 nonprofit Web sites.” So yeah. That happened. This weekend, after working for three months on an open-source plugin I adopted...Read More
Today, I’m bringing you the latest scuttlebutt in Advanced Technical SEO, from a session at SMX Advanced moderated by Barry Schwartz with presentations from the following industry veterans: Jenny Halasz, President and Founder of JLH Marketing Christine Smith, Technical Lead at IBM Search Marketing Maile Ohye, Engineer with Google’s Senior Developer Programs I believe the...Read More
Google’s manual action for Thumbtack’s unnatural links only lasted about a week and now they are back, ranking as well as ever. Last week, Thumbtack’s co-founder confirmed with Search Engine Land they had a manual action issued by Google over unnatural links pointing to their site. But less than a week later, the Google Capital...Read More
US Navy Soliciting Zero Days A RFP, which has since been taken down, surfaced last week from the Naval Supply Systems Command seeking operational exploits and vulnerability intelligence for commercial software from leading IT vendors. Read more…Read More
As the world’s most powerful Internet force, Google invites a wealth of conspiracy theories. Here’s one: When Thumbtack, a Web startup that connects consumers with home service professionals, disappeared from Google’s search results last weekend, rumors began to swirl. You see, Thumbtack has raised nearly $150 million in five rounds, the last of which came, in...Read More
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