FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. –  Google has taken its all-seeing eyes on a trip that few experience: the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. The search giant partnered with the advocacy group American Rivers to showcase views of nearly 300 miles of whitewater rapids, towering red canyon walls, and rich geologic history. The 360-degree views that went...Read More
Attackers have abused the WordPress pingback feature, which allows sites to cross-reference blog posts, to launch a large-scale, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, according to researchers from Web security firm Sucuri. The attack involved over 162,000 legitimate WordPress websites being forced to send hundreds of requests per second to a popular WordPress site, preventing access to...Read More
By Erica Garza With Google releasing over 500 algorithm updates each year and search engine results constantly in flux, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices are always evolving. And with search engines contributing at least 50% of bookings on hotel websites, website SEO must be kept up to par via high-quality, helpful, engaging and relevant...Read More
Security researchers have uncovered a recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that used at least 162,000 WordPress-powered websites to knock another site offline. The technique made it possible for an attacker with modest resources to greatly amplify the bandwidth at its disposal. By sending spoofed Web requests in a way that made them appear to come...Read More
When helping clients with Penguin or manual actions for unnatural links, it’s common for companies to start asking questions about negative SEO. Once clients understand how Penguin works, and how unnatural links could impact a website, they wonder what would stop competitors from launching an all-out attack on their own website. And more importantly, what...Read More
Speaking today at the SXSW conference, Google’s SVP of Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai, said that in two weeks, Google will be releasing a developer SDK that will make it easier for companies to create wearable devices that run on Android. Pichai didn’t drop any hints as to whether or not Google itself was working on...Read More
As part of SEJ’s partnership with Third Door Media, I was given the opportunity to interview five marketing experts who will be speaking at SMX West. This was a really awesome opportunity to pick the minds of some of the best in the industry! Be sure to visit SEJ’s booth in the exhibit hall! Bio: Greg Sterling is the founding principal...Read More
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, left and Google Ideas Director Jared Cohen, who were interviewed at South by Southwest Interactive on Friday. (Credit: The New Digital Age) Although he didn’t get into specifics, Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt told a packed house in Austin on Friday that the company has completed its efforts to secure...Read More
Social media is a crucial component for any online marketing strategy. If you’re running your small business website on the WordPress platform, it’s incredibly easy to integrate social. There are hundreds of ready made social media plugins for WordPress to choose from. Your choice of social media plugins for your WordPress website will depend on...Read More
Patent wars are nothing new. Every day, tech companies battle in and out of court over patented innovations. Take high profile cases like Oracle v. Google, for example, or recent cases like Microsoft’s battle to uphold its mapping patent. But this week, patent infringement hit close to home with the case, BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. v....Read More
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