| Nov. 23 | Speeding Up A Site - Server Side Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum by wheel
"Members discuss advanced methods of speeding up site performance such as efficient software, hardware strategies, and database optimization." (subscription required) |
| Nov. 21 | Google Patent - Artificial Anchor for a Document in the SERPs Posted in Google Search News by tedster
"How would you feel about Google adding an artificial page fragment anchor, so that they could send users to the specific part of a page that was chosen in the snippet, for instance?" |
| Nov. 20 | Bing SERPs Update Posted in Microsoft Search Bing.com (formerly Live.com) by MLHmptn
"WebmasterWorld Members are noticing updates to Bing SERPs." |
| Nov. 20 | Twitter Adds Geotagging API Posted in Community Building and Social Networks by engine
"Today, the Geotagging API is officially available." |
| Nov. 20 | Did Microsoft Bing Just Learn How to Handle 301s Correctly? Posted in Microsoft Search Bing.com (formerly Live.com) by steveb
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| Nov. 20 | Google Disabling Accounts Due to FF Tamper Data Plug-In? Posted in Google AdSense by dthamu
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| Nov. 19 | Google Chrome OS Source Code Released Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by engine
"Google is about a year away from releasing Chrome OS. There will be no beta today, and no products to announce, but the main news is that the "code is fully open," he said, allowing Google developers to work on the project hand-in-hand with the community." |
| Nov. 19 | Entrepreneur Success Rates: Online vs. Offline Posted in Ecommerce by Makaveli2007
"WebmasterWorld members discuss what makes online and offline serial entrepreneurs successful, and what we can learn from their success." |
| Nov. 19 | Promotional Discounts That Work Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum by wheel
"WebmasterWorld Members discuss a promotional discount that appears to generate sales that would not normally have been there." (-subscription required) |
| Nov. 19 | Internet Explorer 9 Preview Posted in HTML and Browsers by bill
At the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2009 day two keynote, Microsoft president Steven Sinofsky showed off a very, very early version of Internet Explorer (IE) 9. |
| Nov. 18 | 'Speed of Site' May Become Ranking Factor in 2010 Posted in Google Search News by anand84
"For my entire online career I've felt that page speed is an important and almost secret weapon. Now it's becoming an open secret, apparently. I'll bet lots of people will still ignore it." |
| Nov. 18 | Word of the Year: "Unfriend" Posted in Foo by engine
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| Nov. 18 | Google Experiments With Image Swirl Posted in Google Search News by engine
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| Nov. 17 | Diagnosing 100% Shopping Cart Abandonment Posted in Ecommerce by dickbaker
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| Nov. 16 | Improving Conversions When Site Content Quality Is Very Informative Posted in Advertising Sales and Affiliate Programs by conroy
"The content is extremely well written, very unique, and gives a very honest perspective on the topic. The problem is monetizing it." |
| Nov. 15 | Google Aims to Double Web Speed with SPDY Networking Protocol Posted in HTML and Browsers by tedster
SPDY would make SSL the underlying protocol for all browsing. To overcome the added latency from SSL, the added SPDY layer reworks the way that concurrent interleaved streams flow over a single TCP connection. |
| Nov. 15 | OSX Copyright Infringement: Apple Granted Summary Judgment Posted in The Macintosh Webmaster by swa66
"Psystar, who has modified Mac OS X to run on its computers and sold them to the public has lost on the whole line in a summary judgment." |
| Nov. 14 | Preventing Clickjacking With X-Frame-Options Posted in Webmaster General by swa66
"X-Frame-Options is something web developers should know. Originally invented by Microsoft for IE8, but supported by a number of browsers, this idea might have more uses than what it was intended for originally." |
| Nov. 13 | New - Keyword "Significance" in Webmaster Tools Posted in Google Search News by Reno
"For a long time GWT has returned a list of most common keywords, but now I see it is also presenting visual bars to show their importance." |
| Nov. 12 | Wolfram Alpha Integrated into Bing Posted in Microsoft Search Bing.com (formerly Live.com) by bill
Bing will be providing access to Wolfram Alpha's algorithms and curated data. |
| Nov. 11 | CSS example: 100% height, footer stuck on bottom Posted in CSS by swa66
A step-by-step example of how to build your design. |
| Nov. 10 | PubCon Las Vegas 2009 Round-Up Posted in WebmasterWorld Community Center by httpwebwitch
As PubCon 2009 draws to a close, WebmasterWorld members discuss their highlights from this year's premier webmaster conference. |
| Nov. 10 | Firefox Turns Five Posted in Firefox Browser Usage and Support by encyclo
The Mozilla Foundation celebrates five years of progress for their flagship browser. |
| Nov. 10 | Rupert Murdoch: I Will Block Google Posted in Content, Writing and Copyright by Syzygy
"Rupert Murdoch has said he will try to block Google from using news content from his companies. The billionaire told Sky News Australia he will explore ways to remove stories from Google's search indexes, including Google News." |
| Nov. 9 | Google to acquire AdMob for $750 million Posted in Smartphone, Wireless, and Mobile Technologies by rmay
"This morning we announced that AdMob has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google." |
| Nov. 8 | Google Ends Million-Dollar AdWords Account by Email Posted in Google AdWords by SuperF
"Members discuss Google's apparent lack of communication." |
| Nov. 8 | Working For Clients Without a Contract Posted in Professional Webmaster Business Issues by fido_44
"WebmasterWorld members talk over the ways to satisfactorily conclude projects started without a contract." |
| Nov. 7 | What to do with a Redesigned Site That's No Longer Delivering ROI Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum by shallow
"A site owner has a new site design that no longer does well in a number of areas. WebmasterWorld Members discuss options and ideas to help." (-subscription required) |
| Nov. 6 | How Does the Google Algo Use Content-Language? Posted in Google Search News by gn_wendy
Our members discuss what happens to ranking when the content-language does not match the actual content for a large portion of the page. |
| Nov. 6 | Facebook Moves To Take Action Against Deceptive Ads Posted in Community Building and Social Networks by engine
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| Nov. 5 | New AdSense Interface Beta Posted in Google AdSense by successlieswithme
"...a small group of publishers will begin testing a new AdSense interface in limited beta." |
| Nov. 5 | Google Dashboard To Show Data Associated With Your Google Account Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by engine
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| Nov. 5 | SnapNames Says A Former Executive Bid Up Domain Prices Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum by internetheaven
"Cole said as many as 50,000 domain name auctions may have been affected by the employee's unauthorized activity." (-subscription required) |
| Nov. 4 | MSN Gets a New, Simpler Home Page Posted in Microsoft Search Bing.com (formerly Live.com) by engine
"Spurred by the ever-changing ways in which people use the Internet, Microsoft has unveiled a completely redesigned MSN home page." |
| Nov. 3 | Reconsideration Request Before Getting a Penalty? Posted in Google Search News by maximus12
Situation: your site was hacked, spam pages were inserted and thousands of backlinks appeared overnight. There's no penalty so far, and you've cleaned up the server - but should you file a preemptive Reconsideration Request? |
| Nov. 3 | The Pros and Cons of Linking to Competitive Sites Posted in Link Development by LostOne
"WebmasterWorld Members discuss the upsides and downsides of link development with competitors." |
| Nov. 3 | Emotion Markup Language 1.0 Posted in Accessibility and Usability by pageoneresults
"As the web is becoming ubiquitous, interactive, and multimodal, technology needs to deal increasingly with human factors, including emotions." |
| Nov. 2 | Microsoft Teams with OpenX to Compete with AdSense Posted in Microsoft Corporate by martinibuster
"In a move to grow their publisher network, Microsoft entered a deal with OpenX to share publishers in an effort to grow Microsoft's contextual ad reach." |
| Nov. 2 | Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Released Posted in Firefox Browser Usage and Support by engine
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| Nov. 2 | Google Updates and SERP Changes - November 2009 Posted in Google Search News by subway
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| Nov. 1 | Top Tips For Restricting Casual User Access To A PC Posted in Microsoft Windows OS Usage - NT - XP - Vista by mike2010
"WebmasterWorld Members discuss how to limit computer user access on a shared PC." |
| Oct. 31 | eCommerce: How To Combat Counterfeiters Posted in Ecommerce by buckworks
"To an uneducated eye it looks like the site is providing high-end products at great prices, but they're all fake." |
| Oct. 30 | Google Launches Comparison Ads With Pay Per Lead Service Posted in Google AdWords by wheel
"At this time, Comparison Ads will only show to a small number of users in select U.S. states and is only available to a limited number of advertisers in the mortgage/refinance space." |
| Oct. 30 | Facebook Gets Awarded $711 million in Spam Lawsuit Posted in Community Building and Social Networks by engine
"Facebook said the order should serve as a strong deterrent against spammers." |
| Oct. 30 | ICANN Approves Non Latin Domain Names Posted in Domain Names by benevolent001
"The board of directors of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, adopted the change at the end of its latest semi-annual international gathering." |
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