Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, has repeatedly said that Google pays the tax it is required to by international law. Sources at the company say politicians should set tax rates, and should consider Google is located in Ireland, in part because of its attractive tax regime. Google points out it has made a £345m property...Read More
Seasoned web developers know there’s more to WordPress than a blogging platform and if you’re willing to get your hands dirty, you can tweak it enough to do just about anything. Smashing Magazine’s Daniel Pataki has been around the block with this flexible collection of PHP scripts and has come away with quite the collection...Read More
Online reputation management is a process of protecting your reputation online and finding opportunities in enhancing your image on the web. While the digital world has opened the door for everyone to connect, interact, relate and share valuable information, it has also opened the door for anyone to post negative comments and discredit brands online....Read More
Google has updated its core algorithm that controls the answers we get to queries on its search engine in a bid to make them work better for longer, more complex questions. The update, code-named Hummingbird, is the biggest change to the underpinnings of the world’s leading search engine since early 2010, when Google upgraded its...Read More
A recent investigation has concluded that 73% of the 40,000 most popular websites that use WordPress software are vulnerable to attack. The research, carried out by vulnerability researchers EnableSecurity and reported by WordPress security outfit WP WhiteSecurity, was conducted between Sept 12 and Sept 15 shortly after the release of the WordPress 3.6.1 Maintenance and...Read More
Yesterday the news broke at a Google press event that the largest upgrade to its search algorithm since 2001, dubbed Hummingbird, had already rolled out last month. “Algorithm?†you ask. “Isn’t that the thing the determines how websites are ranked? And you say this is the biggest change in their algorithm in 12 years?! What...Read More
Factory workers prepare MOTO X smartphones on the factory floor at the Flextronics factory plant in Fort Worth. It is the only cellphone manufacturing plant in the U.S.(Photo: Michael Mulvey for USA TODAY) Story Highlights While search remains its bread and butter, the company is pursuing futuristic projects Its Motorola subsidiary is making the first...Read More
[Ed. note: VentureBeat uses WordPress as its content management system.] WordPress’ parent company Automattic bought content sharing technology startup Cloudup today. The company’s technology will eventually help WordPress with a number of new features including collaborative editing. Cloudup is still in beta, which means it isn’t available to the public yet. Its technology is focused...Read More
Getting hit by Panda is a horrible experience. I’ve helped a number of companies deal with Panda’s wrath since February 2011, and business owners typically exhibit some combination of fear, frustration, and anger when they contact me. It’s easy to understand why. Most businesses hit by Panda are hemorrhaging revenue, as organic search traffic plummets...Read More
Today’s internet has become the target of business owners searching to promote their products and services around the world. The development of appealing business websites is a cost effective strategy for online marketing and is being adopted by many business professionals today, in order to reach out to maximum audience in the world; more precisely,...Read More
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