Put that black hat away. Shady SEO tactics can get your site severely penalized by search engines. Punishments can range from losing organic traffic for a few days to losing it permanently. For any business, its website is a business asset with value that accrues over time and should be treated as such. Here are...Read More
Google Music no longer exists as a standalone service. Google TV was an embarrassment. YouTube may lose music videos next year. Sources say not everybody at YouTube and Android is pulling in the same direction. Google can’t seem to get the hang of selling music and movies over the Internet–a goal that has similarly befuddled...Read More
A limitation built recently into Google Chrome to detect and block Flash Player exploits ended up breaking certain Flash-based applications and games for some users. Suspecting that someone would try to hack Chrome via a Flash exploit at this year’s Pwn2Own contest, the browser’s developers decided to restrict the maximum allowed size of Flash JIT...Read More
With its “Don’t Be Evil” motto, Google (GOOG) has always held itself to a higher moral standard. Now Google observers, including many longtime admirers of the search giant, say the Mountain View company is behaving more like something it vowed never to become: a conventional company where the bottom line drives decisions. The signs of...Read More
SEO has a bad reputation, lets face it. Shady linkbuilding, key-phrase stuffed doorway pages and secret handshakes are all part and parcel of being a search engine marketing expert. Or are they? The search marketing industry being shrouded in mystery is a myth fuelled by unethical agencies, bedroom SEOs that don’t educate clients and people...Read More
Austin, Texas (CNN) — After concerns over a revamped Google privacy policy surfaced last month, some questioned whether the Web giant is still living up to its longstanding motto: “Don’t be evil.” Absolutely, says Vic Gundotra, the man behind social network Google+. The company has to. “If we do things that are evil, with one...Read More
UVU Conference Tackles SEO and Computer Ethics by Di Lewis 09 March 2012— Using ethical search engine optimization (SEO) techniques is time-consuming, but ultimately worth it, said Ash Buckles, SEO.com president, at a Utah Valley University conference Thursday afternoon. Buckles opened the conference with a discussion on white hat, or ethical, and black hat, or...Read More
Reuters reports that Google is leaning on developers to use its payment processing service rather than rival offerings, though the company says that its policy has not changed. Google has been pressuring app developers to use Google Wallet as opposed to alternatives from other companies, according to a Reuters report. The news service reported today...Read More
Almost 30,000 WordPress blogs have been infected in a new wave of attacks orchestrated by a cybercriminal gang whose primary goal is to distribute rogue antivirus software, researchers from security firm Websense said in a blog post on Monday. The attacks have resulted in over 200,000 infected pages that redirect users to websites displaying fake...Read More
<!– –>The Google tablet rumor will not die. Supposedly, ASUS is working with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) on a Nexus tablet, possibly branded Google Play. The 7-inch Android ICS slate will retail for just $199, we’re told. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get ready for a fight with Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Â By Richi Jennings: Your humble blogwatcher curated...Read More
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