It sounds like a dream: Work part-time while maintaining the same standard of living. Google co-founder Larry Page thinks it should be a reality for everyone. The tech titan and his co-founder, Sergey Brin, sat down for a rare joint interview that was moderated by fellow billionaire, Vinod Khosta, and posted to YouTube. No Driver,...Read More
As the week winds down, Cult of Mac Deals wants to highlight some of the best deals that were offered in the past week. Adobe KnowHow: Learn Photography From The Best  The world of photography is no longer just for professionals. Practically every single one of us has a high powered digital camera in...Read More
Anyone who invests dollars into a marketing channel is expecting to see a return on investment (ROI) from that marketing channel. Those who invest in SEO are probably expecting the same. But I challenge this thought and dare to say SEO should not be required to meet an ROI target. Why, you ask? It’s because...Read More
Google has informed several U.K. media which of their news articles it is hiding in search results shown to European Union users as a consequence of a recent EU court ruling that gives people the “right to be forgotten†by search engines under certain circumstances. The Guardian, the BBC and the Daily Mail received a...Read More
If you own a WordPress site, make sure you are staying on top of updates—not just for the core platform, but for all the themes and plugins, too. WordPress powers over 70 million Websites around the world, making it an attractive target for cyber-criminals. Attackers frequently hijack vulnerable WordPress installations to host spam pages and other malicious content. Researchers...Read More
E-commerce product verticals are becoming increasingly competitive in organic search, with an ever-expanding amount of vendors and store owners battling for positions. Most e-commerce store owners are crushed in search by Big Box sites like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy, largely because these bigger players have bigger budgets, higher domain authority, aged and seasoned website...Read More
Raising concerns about censorship and the freedom of the press, articles from major British news outlets are beginning to be removed from some Google search results after a European court ruling began allowing citizens to request their personal histories to be scrubbed from search engines. The Guardian and the BBC have both received takedown notices...Read More
A critical vulnerability found in a WordPress plug-in that has been downloaded over 1.7 million times allows potential attackers to take complete control of blogs that use it. The flaw is located in the MailPoet Newsletters plug-in, previously known as wysija-newsletters, and was discovered by researchers from Web security firm Sucuri. “This bug should be...Read More
It occurred to me as I was making my personal site responsive and adding recommended resources that I’ve been doing this column for over five years and have yet to share with you readers a comprehensive list of the mobile SEO resources I recommend. This month, I’d like to right that wrong by citing the...Read More
Google has acquired music streaming service Songza after weeks of speculation around a potential buyout. Songza uses information about the user and context to determine the best playlists for you at any given time, all of which are curated by music experts (DJs, Rolling Stone writers, etc.). Very few services look to human curation to...Read More
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