WordPress.org today announced the debut of WordPress 3.9, which adds a slew of “refinements†to the blog management tool. You can download the new release now from WordPress.org/Download (it’s 6.0MB). Dubbed “Smith†in honor of African-American jazz musician Jimmy Smith, WordPress 3.9 is supposed to give users a better understanding of how their content will...Read More
It’s no secret that YouTube is a traffic source with almost limitless potential. There’s only one problem: It’s a very crowded place. In fact, according to YouTube, there are more than 100 hours of video uploaded to the site every minute. Considering the deluge of content you have to compete with on YouTube, the obvious...Read More
(CNN) — Google is jumping into its next futuristic hardware project. This time it’s a modular smartphone dubbed Project Ara that can be customized by swapping out individual pieces, such as the battery and the camera. The company previewed the very early-stage project at a developer event in Santa Clara, California, this week. Google said...Read More
In a recent video from Google Head of Search Spam Matt Cutts, Matt talks about the biggest SEO myths he sees today. By far, the biggest myth, according to Cutts, is how people think Google makes changes to their search results with the only intent of making more money. Matt said buying or not buying...Read More
Who says bloggers don’t make any money? Automattic, which runs the popular blogging service WordPress.com, is in the market for a new round of funding that would value the company at more than $1 billion, according to Fortune. See also: 13-Year-Old Blogger: I Promise Girls Will Change the World Automattic is reportedly seeking $100 to...Read More
San Francisco (CNN) — Tuesday, for the first time, Google Glass was made available to the general public. As part of the one-day-only offering, anyone in the U.S. could buy the $1,500 face-mounted computers and get a free pair of glass or sunglass frames. Google isn’t sharing any sales numbers for the day, so it’s...Read More
One of the challenges that the world of SEO presents us with is its lack of clarity. The search engines obscure their algorithms, and as a result, SEO is really a best practices game. You can learn more about what works best by constantly testing ideas on your site, but ultimately your overall SEO strategy...Read More
Who says bloggers don’t make any money? Automattic, which runs the popular blogging service WordPress, is in the market for a new round of funding that would value the company at more than $1 billion, according to Fortune. See also: 13-Year-Old Blogger: I Promise Girls Will Change the World Automattic is reportedly seeking $100 to...Read More
“This one matters,” said the SANS Institute in its briefing on the Heartbleed OpenSSL security flaw last week. As far as security incidents go, this one was a doozy: Not only did it impact on the majority of secure web sites across the internet, clients were later found to be just as vulnerable. The encouraging...Read More
One of the reasons clients love having a WordPress site is the ability to do a lot of things themselves. Great, right? Why then do I preach that you need professional management with WordPress? Because there are some treacherous roads you need to cross. Namely, plug-ins and WordPress updates. When you log into your WordPress...Read More
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