It sounds like the beginning of a joke: What do a locksmith and the U.S. Secret Service have in common? The punch line, in this case, is “a Google Maps problem.†Last month a Seattle techie named Bryan Seely—who is also, as it happens, into stand-up comedy—pulled off a gag to demonstrate the unintended consequences...Read More
Stats compiled by Netcraft show that 12,000 WordPress installations were compromised in February and used in Phishing campaigns that targeted Apple customers and PayPal users. In addition, compromised WordPress installations were also the source of a significant amount of Web-based malware during the month. Pulling the stats, more than 7 percent of all Phishing attacks...Read More
While rankings are an important part of an SEO campaign, there is a lot more to it than that. Here are a few other areas you should be paying attention to: Tip 1 Google provides free tools for website marketers to use to help understand how visitors are finding your site and interacting with it....Read More
Internet security research and services company Netcraft has determined that sites running the WordPress blogging software are a major source of both phishing attacks and malware distribution. Must See Gallery Apple iOS 7.1 flaws, problems and fixes Read more Interestingly, none of the phishing sites were hosted on WordPress.com, a a large blog-hosting service run by Automattic. The...Read More
Google Google the term “Is SEO dead?†and what comes back in return is over 44 million references including the aptly titled article of the same name by fellow Forbes contributor Jayson DeMers. In his article DeMers shares a conversation he had with Sam McRoberts, CEO of VUDU Marketing and a widely published expert in the...Read More
Android Wear is Google’s vision for smartwatches. Photos by Google It aims to provide context-specific notifications, a la Google Now. Photos by Google Hardware will reportedly come from a variety of partners later this summer, including LG, Motorola and watchmakers like Fossil. Photos by Google The UI is based on swipeable cards and simple voice...Read More
Compromised WordPress blogs were used to host nearly 12,000 phishing sites in February. This represents more than 7% of all phishing attacks blocked during that month, and 11% of the unique IP addresses that were involved in phishing. WordPress blogs were also responsible for distributing a significant amount of web-hosted malware — more than 8%...Read More
One of the most trying points in my search marketing career has been molding a mindset coupling both SEO and the user experience. This primarily means stepping away from “bot obsession†and solely thinking about rankings and traffic. Every campaign must meet site objectives while hopefully maintaining heightened organic visibility. SEO is evolving more to...Read More
Screenshot from Google AGNES MARTIN is associated with minimalist art, but she saw herself as an abstract expressionist. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Columbia University, yet touted anti-intellectualism and rejected much scientific theory. She lived in warm neighborhood communion with other celebrated painters in midcentury New York, yet spoke of enjoying the...Read More
With so many websites utilizing the WordPress content management system these days it has resulted in a large number of plugins available to webmasters. They help webmasters do everything from analyzing data on the site to helping improve the SEO. The WordPress plugin directory allows webmasters to search the available plugins, and with nearly 30,000...Read More
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