Following an internal report by the Bing team which has determined that providing annotations on ads can improve click through rates – Bing has introduced a feature called Dynamic Sitelinks. I would re-write to you what they do however the Bing blog post describes it best: Dynamic Sitelinks is another way to help your potential […]
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Students: Get Microsoft Office For Free With Your School Email Address
Finally a quick, easy, and legit way to get Microsoft Office completely for free by simply using your school issued email address.
Amazon Bought The .BUY Domain
In a bidding that ended last week ICANN awarded Amazon the .buy domain after the company successfully outbid three other competitors in an auction with a winning bid of $4.6 million. Google came in second place through its registry service, Charleston Road Registry. Amazon has yet to say what it will do with the .buy […]
More Penguins from Google
In a Google+ hangout earlier in the week Googles John Mueller had mentioned that the 3rd version of Penguin will launch “in the reasonable future” and he expects it will happen within the 2014 year. So webmasters and SEO’s – get ready. He answers this at 54 minutes and 45 seconds into the following video:
Get 10% Off on Strikingly Premium Plans
[frame align=”right”][/frame]There’s no real shortage of options when it comes to website builders – and as such the one you will choose will depend primarily on the design that you like. That being said Strikingly focuses greatly on simple responsive designs. Strikingly starts their premium plans at just $12/mo which gives you up to 2 […]
Opera Beta 25 Is Out – And It Feels Faster Than Google Chrome
Way before Google Chrome was ever released I was a die-hard Opera Browser fan. At the time it was the fastest browser out there and had some pretty awesome features. Over these past few years …
Bing Explains How They Deal With Keyword Stuffing URLs
In a post on the Bing Webmaster Blog Bing has dug into how exactly they deal with keyword stuffing URLs. There are a few main signals that Bing looks out for when determining whether URL keyword stuffing tactics are in-use on a site: Site size Number of hosts Number of words in host/ domain names […]
HostDime Partners With BitPay to Accept Bitcoin Payments
Bitcoin continues to make quiet the splash in the hosting and technology community as yet another hosting company, HostDime, announces their acceptance of Bitcoins as payment for their cloud hosting and datacenter services. HostDime is kicking things off with their USA and Brazil branches, and eventually plans to expand the acceptance of Bitcoins as a […]
IBM Brings Data Analysts To Small Businesses
Being able to truly analyze your businesses data was something that most small businesses simply never had the ability to do. Chances are you, the business owner, simply has no time left to sit there and draw out graphs and plot charts – and hiring a dedicated data analyst simply isn’t in the budget. This is […]
123-Reg & Minds + Machines Join Forces to Promote .LONDON
[frame align=”left”] [/frame]UK domain registrars 123-reg.co.uk and Minds + Machines announced a collaborative effort to increase awareness and adoption of the new .london TLD late last week. The collaboration will include a range of on and offline marketing initiatives. According to 123-reg.co-uk, registrations of .london surged on the first day of general availability for the extension, which was Sept. […]
Yelp Wins Court Ruling To Move Up Negative Reviews
There’s always been talk among business owners of the “grey-area” around Yelp purposely placing negative reviews on non-paying merchant profiles. Unfortunately this did actually happen, and some business owners did actually sue Yelp – and in the end the court ruled that Yelp is completely in the clear in doing this. The ruling supported a […]
Please Stop Panicking, Your Internet Is Fine – It’s Simply Internet Slowdown Day
A wide array of your favorite sites have come together today to participate in Internet Slowdown Day – an internet protest against net neutrality’s proposed changes. According …
Microsoft Aims To Revive MSN
MSN was one of the original all-in-one portals created by Microsoft over 2 decades ago. It’s your default Internet Explorer homepage, and as of late something you probably have almost forgotten about. In-fact with almost no real updates to the MSN portal Microsoft may have very well almost forgotten about it as-well. This is all […]
Yahoo Buys An Ad Company
With all the different things happening with Bing and Google it gets a bit hard to keep up with Yahoo as-well. However the gentle giant is far from sleeping. Yahoo seems to be putting some serious focus behind driving their advertising revenues up, as evident following a recent acquisition of Luminate – an advertising company […]
Twitter Ventures Into eCommerce with Buy Now Buttons
There has long been question of the best monetization methods for Twitter beyond simply sponsored tweets and advertising – and with that comes their latest venture into the world of eCommerce …
Facebook Adds A Counter To Facebook Videos
I’ve always said it. People like counters. The ability to see how many times somebody has viewed their website, photo, or video has always been interesting to everyone. That was the concept that fueled the creation of the free counter service here, and some part of what caused Facebook to introduce counters to shared videos. A […]
Bing Image Widget Goes Offline
I had JUST introduced everyone here to the Bing Image Widget which is now, unfortunately, temporarily offline. Following a lawsuit filed by Getty Images, Microsoft has taken the beta version of its Bing Image Widget offline. Getty had complained that Microsoft’s widget infringed on copyright by enabling people to embed protected images in websites without attribution or […]
Google Changes Site Search Placement In Search Results
Surely most of you by now have made use of the site search box that Google shows you when you run a search for a company name. Go ahead and try it, run a search for “Youtube” on Google and you’ll see a search box appear within the first search result from which you can […]
50% Off Hosting Accounts At Domain.com
The Domain.com network is bringing back their 50% off hosting sale! Continuing through Tuesday, September 30, 2014, you have the opportunity to save 50% on all new web hosting plans. This coupon code is valid at Domain.com, Dotster, and MyDomain and can be redeemed by entering coupon code [coupon code=”Domain.com 50HOSTING” /] at check-out! Take note that all renewals […]
Bing Introduces Bulk Editing To Bing Ads Web UI
In the past managing PPC campaigns for large accounts with lots of keywords and hundreds of ads was well … pretty much a pain in the ass. You’re ideal environment would require two screens, one running the Bing Ads Editor and one running the Bing Ads web UI. Thankfully that has all changed as Bing announced the […]