Editor’s Note: Meet Jill Kocher at Ignite 2015, our conference on Sept. 16 and 17 in Dallas, where she’ll present two sessions: “The Essential SEO Checklist for Ecommerce Companies, for 2015†and “Keyword Research for SEO Success: How Do Consumers Search for Your Brand and Products?†Metadata is simply data about data. Data sounds like...Read More
Here’s the multibillion-dollar question of the moment: Does Google’s restructuring signal a huge deal is in the works? In the days following the announcement that Google will become a subsidiary of a new parent company called Alphabet, many have speculated the move was partly motivated by a desire to make big acquisitions—a la Berkshire Hathaway....Read More
Douglas Bonderud Freelance Writer A freelance writer for three years, Doug Bonderud is a Western Canadian with expertise in the fields of technology and innovation. In addition to working for the IBM Midsize… See All Posts Cross-site scripting (XSS) problems continue to plague Web pages hosted by large enterprises and major content management tools such...Read More
In the last 12 months, I’ve learned a lot in my career, as I moved from broadcasting into digital media and marketing. From a world where the established media are well-known, almost taking their audiences for granted, digital media (and marketing) are exciting new worlds for creative folk, because the competition for attention and quality...Read More
Thousands of people flocked to acquire a “.xyz†website name this week following the surprise news that Google is folding itself into Alphabet, a new holding company that has ABC.xyz as its website. These registrants, for the most part, appear to have bought their “xyz†name in good faith. But a few of the new...Read More
Researchers have identified a handful of vulnerabilities present in three different plugins used by the content management system WordPress. The issues, most of which are cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, could give some users administrative privileges, warns DXW Security, a British firm that found the issues and disclosed them on Monday. Two XSS vulnerabilities, one reflected and...Read More
In this article, you’ll learn how Google is surfacing deep app content and how SEOs can prepare iOS and Android deep app screens for Google’s index. Google is making significant moves to close the gap between app and Web content to make mobile interaction more seamless, and that theme will reappear throughout the analysis. This...Read More
Blocking is different from hacking when it comes to WordPress blogs. However, there are times when the blocking could be due to hacking by third parties. At times, the antivirus that you have installed on your machine (server) could be the cause of the blocking. The reasons that make a WordPress blog or site more...Read More
Blogger conferences have been a great resource for me as an entrepreneur. In July, New York City was host to two huge blogger events, BlogHer and Blogger Bash, where more than 5,000 bloggers gathered to meet with brand representatives and attend sessions to hone their online skills. Sheryl Simonitis, vice president of marketing at Noodle, a...Read More
The so-called “right to be forgottenâ€, now compressed to RTBF, is climbing back up the news agenda. It all stems, you will recall, from a landmark decision by the European court of justice mandating that European citizens had a right to demand that links to online material about them that was deemed to be misleading or...Read More
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