Hackers are exploiting a problem with an image-resizing utility called TimThumb that is widely used in many themes for the blogging platform WordPress, although some fixes have been made to the latest version. Mark Maunder, the CEO of Feedjit, discovered the problem when his own blog started loading ad content when previously his blog contained...Read More
Let’s face it, SEO is a little bit complicated to people who have never heard of it. At least once a week someone asks me what I do for a living and if they don’t know what SEO is I have trouble answering that question in less than five minutes. I’ve worked at SEO agencies...Read More
Microsoft is pouring millions of dollars into its campaign to become a serious player in Internet search, a market utterly dominated by rival Google. The campaign is having an impact, but at a pace that’s so glacial and costly some skeptics wonder whether it’s worth it. Microsoft’s share of the U.S. search market grew 11%...Read More
InteliWISE, creator of award winning Virtual Agents, has released its plugin for WordPress, one of the global leading CMS systems. These virtual assistants provide 7/24 active assistance to customers through active tracking and instant feedback. Inteliwise Agents improve sales by intercepting abandoning customers and convincing them to finish their purchase. The agent can also actively...Read More
Google has acquired more than 1,000 patents from IBM in order to pad its portfolio. Patent litigation is a theater of the absurd in most cases, but it has evolved into a standard business practice among tech companies, and Google needs more fodder to defend itself. Once upon a time, a patent had a purpose....Read More
It may be a good time to bring Chrome to your living room HDTV if you haven’t already. That’s because Logitech, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, is slashing the price of its Revue Google TV set-top box to just $99, down from $249. The Revue lets users search for things they’re...Read More
Ellie Becker and Bernadette Nelson | Jul 29, 2011 | Comments 0 To take advantage of today’s inbound/online marketing opportunities, it’s important to be able to manage your website day-to-day. If you’re updating your site, one option to explore is WordPress. It started as a blogging platform, but nowadays many companies are building entire, complex...Read More
The Google+ honeymoon period may be drawing to a close, as record early growth reportedly tapers off and users make fewer, shorter visits to the new social network. Having seen a 238-percent rise in US visits in the week ended July 16, according to Experian Hitwise, Google+ saw US traffic fall around 3-percent the following week, Bloomberg reports....Read More
(Credit: Paul Ford) Google, banging its make-the-Web-faster drum again, announced a new service today to rewrite and host others’ Web pages so browsers can load them faster. But this time, the service isn’t free. The company’s earlier moves in this area haven’t cost a cent, but Google will charge for the new Page Speed Service...Read More
Zennie62.com Moves From Blogger To WordPress After something like six years, and over 10,000 blog posts, Zennie62.com has officially moved from Blogger to WordPress. This doesn’t mean we’re quitting Google’s Blogger – there are over 90 blogs still there – but Zennie62.com now goes to Zennie62blog.com, rather than Zennie2005.blogspot.com. It also means that link traffic...Read More
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