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Google Admits to Serving Random Search Results…Especially When you’re Paying Attention Ever get the feeling that the search results you’re getting are changing every time you click the ‘search’ button even while using the same query? We know you’ve had that ‘WTF is going on’ thought when you’re trying to show a client or employer the results of a search you just did 2 minutes earlier but the results have changed. Well, you can take a deep [...]
How we do keyword research for SEO
This is why keyword research takes a lot of work to do well. Good SEO begins with good keyword research. After all, if you don’t know the ways people are seeking your content, it’s pretty hard to ensure that your content “speaks” to them using the words they search for. The folks at Promodo created an infographic outlining some key parts of the keyword research process. Understanding that each page of your site or potential new website [...]
Convincing spam is the new normal
Convincing spam is the new normal It looks like an email from PayPal, but a closer look reveals it’s a fraud! Who did it really come from? Where does it really lead? What is this emails real purpose? Check out the version I received, and let me explain what this email shows me. This is a fake spam email that looks pretty convincing, but when I mouse over the links I see that it actually directs [...]
Major LinkedIn Password Breach!
Major LinkedIn Password Breach! 6.5 million accounts compromised – be careful of phishing attempts… In a blog post, LinkedIn says that it will email all the users whose accounts were affected by the hack and give them instructions as to what to do next. The company warns that you should not click on any email links asking you to change your password, as that could be someone attempting to steal your information. Worried that your [...]
More of the cool stuff we keep up on
As you might know, HTML5 introduced many exciting features for Web developers. One of the features is the ability to specify gradients using pure CSS3, without having to create any images and use them as repeating backgrounds for gradient effects. Important: You’ll need a recent version of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera or IE to use this Gradient Generator. The resulting CSS gradients are cross-browser – they will work in these browsers and will also fall back to [...]
Search results now deliver tained links
Internet search results have surpassed e-mail as the main way cybercriminals attempt to victimize Internet users. That’s the upshot of an analysis of Web traffic from more than 75 million users on home and corporate networks conducted by Blue Coat Security Lab. Researchers found criminals are poisoning the search results consumers receive when searching on Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search services — and at a rate four times more frequently than they are sending tainted links [...]
Facebook Timeline Arrives for Business: Prepare Your Page
Facebook has introduced a major revamp for business pages that gives you more control over the look and feel of your company’s page. The new page layout helps you interact more easily with your Facebook fans, enabling enhanced graphics, the capability to feature posts, and private messages with fans. If all this information sounds foreign, or you just need someone to do it for you, call us any time to talk about your small business facebook campaign. [...]
Latest scam to steal your money
Latest scam to steal your money There are several versions of this scam. Some are automated calls that leave a callback number; some talk with the victim. One version of the SCAM works like this. The victim receives a recorded message from a credit card or bank. The message indicates that the credit card or bank has detected unusual activity and would like the consumer to call them back to verify the activity. The message leaves a [...]
Social Media Can Affect Search Rankings
Something big happened in the worlds of social media and search this month. After much speculation about search engines factoring social media influence into website rankings, we got hold of a big interview with Bing and Google to find out that indeed, social media IS affecting search rankings. BIG STUFF! What I mean is, if someone influential shares a link to this blog post, it is that much more likely to show up in search results than [...]
Google Wants The Best of the Best ONLY Now
Google Wants The Best of the Best ONLY Now The old approach for ranking well on Google was to create lots of content to dominate a particular space or niche. That game is now obsolete. As both search and the web mature, Google must now work more rigorously to consume greater quantities of data in order to find the best of the best – what is worth sharing. Google today is much like your 4th grade [...]