Google Updates and SERP Changes - Feb 2012
Posted in Google SEO News and Discussion by robdob
WebmasterWorld's monthly look at Google's SERPs changes. ... read more ... |
February 2012 AdSense Earnings and Observations
Posted in Google AdSense by ThatsBoBo
WebmasterWorld's AdSense barometer - a monthly look at Google AdSense earnings and observations. ... read more ... |
Changing Titles, The Potential Google Penalty
Posted in Google SEO News and Discussion by Josuah
WebmasterWorld Members discuss title changes, and the potential for a site/page penalty. ... read more ... |
E.U. Regulator Tells Google To Pause Privacy Changes
Posted in Google Finance, Govt, Policy and Business Issues by engine
In a letter to Google's chief executive Larry Page, Europe's 'Data Protection Working Party' wrote that "we call for a pause in the interests of ensuring that there can be no misunderstanding about Google's commitments to information rights of their users and EU citizens, until we have completed our analysis". ... read more ... |
 WebmasterWorld Weekly Roundup February 2
Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters by engine
WebmasterWorld's weekly roundup of hot topics and discussions you may have missed in the last few days. (-Subscription required) ... read more ... |
SEC Filing: VeriSign Security Repeatedly Breached
Posted in Ecommerce by travelin_cat
The VeriSign attacks were revealed in a quarterly U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing in October that followed new guidelines on reporting security breaches to investors.
In written Senate testimony on Tuesday, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called the known certificate breaches of 2011 "a threat to one of the most fundamental technologies used to secure online communications and sensitive transactions, such as online banking." Others have said SSL as a whole is no longer trustworthy and effective. ... read more ... |
French Court Fines Google Maps Over Unfair Competition
Posted in Google Finance, Govt, Policy and Business Issues by engine
The French company provides the same services for a fee and claimed the Google strategy was aimed at undercutting competitors by temporarily swallowing the full cost until it gains control of the market. ... read more ... |
Facebook Files Its IPO
Posted in Facebook Marketing by travelin_cat
Facebook, the vast online social network, took its first step toward becoming a publicly traded company on Wednesday as it filed to sell shares on the stock market. ... read more ... |
Keydrive Acquires Moniker and Snapnames From Oversee
Posted in Domain Names by Webwork
Moniker once had a reputation for providing the highest level of service to many of the most successful domain portfolio holders.
What will Keydrive bring to the domain name game to regrain or restore that reputation? ... read more ... |
100 Million DotCOM Domains
Posted in Domain Names by jmccormac
The .com TLD has broken the 100 Million active .com domains barrier. ... read more ... |
 Mozilla Firefox 10 Released, With Added Developer Tools
Posted in Firefox Browser Usage and Support by engine
Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux adds powerful built-in developer tools and delivers smoother updates by making add-ons compatible by default. ... read more ... |
ICANN Plans To Make Verified Customer Identities Mandatory For Domain Registrations
Posted in Domain Names by tangor
The changes would not affect registrars' ability to offer Whois privacy services for an additional fee, though other amendments could formalise the process of unmasking such registrants accused of criminal behaviour or cybersquatting. And it's not certain yet that Whois verification will become mandatory. ... read more ... |
Google, Microsoft and Others Team Up To Develop Anti-Phishing System
Posted in Webmaster General by engine
Work on DMARC started about 18 months ago. Beginning Monday, other companies can sign up with the organization, whether they send emails or provide email services. For email users, the group hopes DMARC will mean fewer fraudulent messages and scams reaching their inbox. ... read more ... |
SPY World - Search Plus Your World
Posted in Google SEO News and Discussion by travelin_cat
"Have any of you noticed that Google's new "Search Plus Your World" can be shortened to SPY World?" ... read more ... |
Why Some Homepages Get Buried
Posted in Google SEO News and Discussion by seoskunk
WebmasterWorld members discuss why this happens to some sites and not others. ... read more ... |
 Facebook Files Clickjacking Lawsuit
Posted in Facebook Marketing by engine
Facebook and US state of Washington have filed lawsuits against marketing firm Adscend Media over alleged clickjacking and spam practices, as the social networking giant finally gets tough with scammers operating on the site. ... read more ... |
 Report: Facebook May File For IPO As Early As Next Week
Posted in Facebook Marketing by engine
Morgan Stanley, people familiar said, is the strong frontrunner for the much-coveted "lead left" position on Facebook's IPO documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ... read more ... |
Twitter Can Now Withhold Content From Users In A Specific Country
Posted in Twitter by engine
We haven't yet used this ability, but if and when we are required to withhold a Tweet in a specific country, we will attempt to let the user know, and we will clearly mark when the content has been withheld. ... read more ... |
WebmasterWorld Weekly Roundup January 26
Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters by engine
WebmasterWorld's weekly roundup of hot topics and discussions you may have missed in the last few days. (-Subscription required) ... read more ... |
Will Existing Google AdSense Publishers Have To Maintain a G+ Account?
Posted in Google AdSense by numnum
In light of Google's new privacy policy, I wonder if Google might someday soon require all Adsense publishers to establish and maintain a Google+ account and provide a public profile that matches the identity information they've provided for Adsense. ... read more ... |
Busting Google : The Justice Departments $500 Million Dollar Sting
Posted in Google Finance, Govt, Policy and Business Issues by engine
"We simply know from the documents we reviewed and witnesses we interviewed that Larry Page knew what was going on."... The government built its criminal case against Google using money, aliases and fake companies-tactics often used against drug cartels and other crime syndicates, according to interviews and court documents. Google agreed to pay a $500 million forfeiture last summer in a settlement to avoid prosecution for aiding illegal online pharmaceutical sales. ... read more ... |
Businesses May Face Fines of 2pct of Sales For Breach of New E.U. Privacy Law
Posted in Professional Webmaster Business Issues by engine
The EU overhaul would also clamp down on data lapses such as Sony Corp.'s six-day delay in warning customers about a cyber attack that exposed more than 100 million customer accounts, the second-largest online data breach in U.S. history.
Industry groups with members including Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. have warned against overly strict data-privacy rules that may stifle innovation. ... read more ... |
 Apple Reports Highest First Quarter Revenue, Ever, $46.33 Billion
Posted in The Macintosh Webmaster by engine
The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. ... read more ... |
Google's New Privacy Changes Mean Users Must Be Logged In Across All Its Services
Posted in Google Finance, Govt, Policy and Business Issues by mhansen
Google has already been collecting some of this information. But for the first time, it is combining data across its Web sites to stitch together a fuller portrait of users.
Consumers won't be able to opt out of the changes, which take effect March 1. And experts say the policy shift will invite greater scrutiny from federal regulators of the company's privacy and competitive practices. ... read more ... |
Facebook Coalition To Google, Don't Be Evil, Focus On The User
Posted in Google Finance, Govt, Policy and Business Issues by engine
When engaged, this "Don't be evil" bookmarklet did indeed do one simple thing: It turned back the hands of time, and made Google work the way it did before the integration of Google+ earlier this month. ... read more ... |
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