New idea: In a drawing from a Google patent document, computer glasses project a keypad onto a user’s hand. Over the last few years, Google executives have had plenty to say about patents. According to Google, patents, particularly software patents, are mostly bogus, largely low-quality, and used in court by companies that can’t innovate to...Read More
WordPress is one of the most widely used blogging platforms. However, it’s not limited to blogging. In fact, WordPress has become so flexible that it’s a capable foundation for many types of sites. Thanks to its powerful plugins, you can bend and shape a WordPress installation to do just about anything. One thing you may...Read More
Google’s practice of combining personal data from different Google services violates the Dutch data protection act, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) said Thursday. But Google will not face any enforcement actions for now. In March 2012, Google introduced a new privacy policy that allows Google to share personal data across all its products and...Read More
(Author’s note: Since I don’t have any agency experience, this post primarily compares in-house and consultant based SEO roles.) I started out as a copywriter for the company I currently work for, and eventually transitioned into the search marketing world back in 2009. Since then I’ve worked in-house, managing and implementing the majority of our...Read More
MOUNTAIN VIEW — In a harsh warning letter made public Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered Google (GOOG)-backed 23andme to stop selling its widely used genetic test to consumers because the company has failed for four years to prove the product is medically useful, and the agency fears it could endanger lives. In...Read More
Tweet Google Pin It Published: November 26, 2013 5:35 AM Any WordPress site can now benefit from easy and effective multifactor authentication. Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 26, 2013 Toopher, online security’s user experience company, announced today that its free WordPress plugin is live and downloadable at toopher.com/wordpress. This makes the unique, invisible authentication of Toopher...Read More
There are many different types of SEO firms, and as a client you need to know what they are in order to hire the right type for your business. This guide to the different types of SEO firms will tell you the questions you need to ask yourself about your business to make sure you...Read More
This week, Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, was quoted as saying during a speech in Washington: “We can end government censorship in a decade. The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything.” Earlier this week, we at greatfire.org successfully unblocked the Reuters Chinese website, which had been blocked on 15 November. We also unblocked...Read More
WordPress and it’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt), are all about democratizing publishing. So when it comes to those attempting to censor WordPress users and authors it’s only natural that WordPress would fight back. This week, Automattic, owner of WordPress.com, brought suit against two parties attempting to chill free speech via improper DMCA notices. Under the...Read More
PPC and SEO have always been complementary marketing channels — but have you been using this combination to its full potential? With keyword data now largely gone and Hummingbird making quality content vital to your SEO strategy, it has never been more important to invest in SEO — but you may not have the time...Read More
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