| Jan. 8 | How To Stop Spam Submissions On Email Forms Posted in Webmaster General by Mel3020
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| Jan. 8 | Windows 7 Beta and Windows Live Announced Posted in Microsoft Windows OS Usage - NT - XP - Vista by engine
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| Jan. 8 | Getting a Site Indexed Faster Posted in Google Search News by uhwebs
"Does joining AdSense or submitting a Sitemap make Google index you faster?" |
| Jan. 8 | Microsoft Scores Verizon Search Deal Posted in Microsoft Search Live by rogerd
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the firm had reached a 5-year agreement to be the default search provider on Verizon mobile phones and also handle mobile advertising services. |
| Jan. 7 | IE8 Update Blocker - now available from Microsoft Posted in HTML and Browsers by tedster
The official IE Blog reports: "To help prevent users from installing IE8 through Automatic Update before compatibility testing has been completed, we are providing the IE8 Blocker Toolkit." |
| Jan. 7 | Nobody Ever Got Fired for Choosing Google Posted in General Search Engine Promotion and Marketing Issues by Brett_Tabke
"Even if a company needs to slash ad spending, its Web site will require support to maintain an online presence...search is an essential tool for driving traffic to the company's site--with showing up in a search query becoming as vital as having the site in the first place." |
| Jan. 7 | Why Does The Site Command Show Different Numbers To A Sitemap Report Posted in Google Search News by mike73
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| Jan. 6 | Twitter Hacked Posted in Community Building and Social Networks by engine
"The issue with these 33 accounts is different from the Phishing scam aimed at Twitter users..." |
| Jan. 6 | GoogleThumbnails of Video In SERPs Posted in Google Search News by bgd2006
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| Jan. 5 | Twitter Warning of Account Phishing Posted in Community Building and Social Networks by engine
"We've identified a phishing scam directed at Twitter users and we don't want you to get tricked into giving your password to a scammer." |
| Jan. 5 | China to Crackdown on 'Vulgar' Content Sites Posted in Asia and Pacific Region by engine
"...decided to launch a nationwide campaign to clean up a vulgar current on the Internet and named and exposed a large number of violating public morality and harming the physical and mental health of youth and young people," |
| Jan. 3 | Browser Wars Heat Up Posted in HTML and Browsers by engine
"But by offering links only to Firefox and Chrome for its upgrade, Google is doing something that helped to make Microsoft the 8,000-ton gorilla on the desktop: playing favorites." |
| Jan. 2 | Google OS Android to Run on Netbooks by 2010 Posted in Google Toolbar, Desktop Search, and Search API Topics by Brett_Tabke
"Imagine the billion dollar market at stake here if Google can make good on this vision. Netbooks are basically small-scale PCs." |
| Jan. 2 | MSNBOT-MEDIA Crawls Thru Javascript Posted in Microsoft Search Live by incrediBILL
"Today I caught MSNBOT-MEDIA crawling thousands of links that were only accessible thru javascript." |
| Jan. 1 | The Happy New Year Thread for 2009 Posted in Foo by Woz
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| Dec. 31 | Link Etiquette How To Ask For A Link Posted in Link Development by tshirtdeal
"...It seems that emailing sites can be considered spam so i am wondering if it can be done without getting in any trouble." |
| Dec. 30 | Amazon Reports Best Holiday Season Yet Posted in Ecommerce by engine
"Analysts have pointed to Amazon as a rare bright spot in this year's holiday shopping season due to its scale and flexibility, as retailers try to outdo each other with deep discounts to lure consumers during a recession." |
| Dec. 30 | Halo Media & Social Media - Making it Part of Your Marketing Plan Posted in Social Media Tagging and Bookmarking Optimization by graywolf
Indepth Exclusive Article by Michael Gray: "At Pubcon in November of 2008 Shawn Rorick of Cirque du Soleil introduced the term "Halo Media" ... examples of how you can use and integrate these concepts into your website and overall marketing strategy." (subscription required) |
| Dec. 29 | Google Alerts Sending Out False Alerts? Posted in Google Search News by pageoneresults
"This past week, I'm seeing 5, 10 and sometimes more references per alert." |
| Dec. 29 | New York Times Sued by Newspaper Chain Over Linking Practices Posted in Content, Writing and Copyright by PaulPA
"The suit challenges the widespread practice of reproducing samples of text with links to original published content on other sites." |
| Dec. 29 | Sporadic Reports of Page Rank Updating Posted in Google Search News by liquiddog
Wide spread but narrow reports of Page Rank being updated on many pages. Not a true full update, but something more narrow in scope (eg: looks like specific sites penalized again). |
| Dec. 29 | What Effect Does a Missing BODY Tag Have on Indexing? Posted in Google Search News by doughayman
"If a standard HTML-based web page does not contain either a < BODY > tag, a < /BODY > tag, or both, will Google fail to crawl and index the page properly ?" |
| Dec. 29 | Judge: "Google Not Liable for Fraudulent Ads" Posted in Google AdSense by farmboy
"The plaintiff is a New Jersey resident who said she was billed for a ringtone subscription by a fraudulent site she found through a Google ad." |
| Dec. 29 | Techniques Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Posted in General Search Engine Promotion and Marketing Issues by pageoneresults
W3C Paper on "Techniques and Failures for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0" |
| Dec. 27 | Verizon Wins $33.2 Million In Largest Cybersquatting Award Posted in Domain Names by encyclo
"Verizon Communications Inc. said it has been awarded $33.2 million in what it called the largest cybersquatting case, as a San Francisco firm registered Internet domain names Verizon said could be confused with ones held by the telecommunications giant." |
| Dec. 26 | 2008 Christmas Holiday Google AdSense Earnings Posted in Google AdSense by StoutFiles
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| Dec. 25 | Happy Holidays! Posted in Foo by jbinbpt
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| Dec. 24 | Google AdWords Bids In A Poor Economy Posted in Google AdWords by bw3ttt
"Are advertisers taking advantage in the poor economy, or are simply mis-managing their bids?" |
| Dec. 23 | Mobile Use of Social Networks Triples to 10% Posted in Community Building and Social Networks by rogerd
Projection: By 2012, more than 800 million users worldwide will connect to social networks via their mobile device, up from 82 million in 2007. |
| Dec. 23 | Effectiveness of E-mail SPF Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum by cnvi
"WebmasterWorld members discuss SPF and its effectiveness." (-Subscription required) |
| Dec. 23 | Best WebmasterWorld Threads of 2008 Posted in Webmaster General by jeyKay
"A selection of WebmasterWorld best threads of 2008" |
| Dec. 21 | How To Sell The Idea Of A Website Redesign Posted in Professional Webmaster Business Issues by rich_b
"How do you justify to clients why they should pay for a redesign of a site you built before?" |
| Dec. 19 | Vast Ideas, Still In Need of Completion! Posted in Professional Webmaster Business Issues by buckworks
"Lately I have talked to some independent webmasters who are serious underachievers. The business ambitions they talk about and the real-life actions they have taken are wayyyy out of synch. They have big dreams and great ideas, but not much that is actually up and running, ready to promote." |
| Dec. 18 | Google AdSense: Offensive Ads Showing Up Posted in Google AdSense by swa66
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| Dec. 17 | Cuil Comment Spam, "we have nothing to do with this" Posted in Foo by limoshawn
"We at Cuil would like to assure everyone out there that we have nothing to do with this. We have not and would not engage in this activity." |
| Dec. 17 | Microsoft To Issue IE Exploit Fix December 17 Posted in Microsoft Windows OS Usage - NT - XP - Vista by Key_Master
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| Dec. 17 | Google AdWords Editor V 7.0 Released Posted in Google AdWords by cybergal
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| Dec. 17 | Yahoo Cuts Data Retention Time To 3 Months Posted in Yahoo Corporate by engine
"Yahoo's pledge "is more significant because they are getting rid of some data after 90 days and they actually have an implementation plan to get this done," |
| Dec. 17 | Apple Says 2009 Is Its Last Year at Macworld Expo Posted in The Macintosh Webmaster by travelin_cat
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| Dec. 17 | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Posted in Accessibility and Usability by pageoneresults
"Drawing on extensive experience and community feedback, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 improve upon W3C's groundbreaking initial standard for accessible Web content, apply to more advanced technologies, and are more precisely testable." |
| Dec. 16 | Yahoo Goes Social With A 'Smarter Inbox' Posted in Yahoo Corporate by engine
"To create applications for Yahoo! Mail, developers will be using the Yahoo! Application Platform to build, test, and submit their apps." |
| Dec. 16 | Facebook Being Used To Trace And Serve Legal Documents Posted in Foo by Whitey
"Usually this is done by way of personal service or the mailing of the judgement to the defendant's home. However, service can be difficult where the defendant is not easily located." |
| Dec. 15 | Restraining Order Placed on Some Fake 'Scareware' Sellers Posted in Foo by Seb7
"Every scan found a host of security problems and urged visitors to buy software to fix them. Typically the scans found evidence of viruses, spyware..." |
| Dec. 15 | Microsoft Live Search Update Under Way Posted in Microsoft Search Live by bwnbwn
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| Dec. 15 | WSJ: Google Wants Its Data Fast-Tracked Across The Net Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by engine
"'If we did this, Washington would be on fire,' says one executive at the cable company who is familiar with the talks, referring to the likely reaction of regulators and lawmakers." |
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