Private data leaks suck, and unfortunately there have been plenty of them over the past few years – and now Google joins the ranks of other companies as the private information regarding the registrations of 280,000 domain names registered via Google Apps has been leaked. Security research group Cisco Talos had noticed a problem that […]
Category Archives: Webmaster News
Facebook To Tell Marketers Data About What Your Posting
With all the work these last couple weeks in bringing the new version of Rapid Purple to beta I somehow managed to overlook a news release from Facebook introducing topic data to marketers. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, topic data is essentially exactly what it sounds like. Data about a specific topic. What […]
DreamHost Introduces Solid State Drives to Shared Hosting
DreamHost have announced today the introduction of solid state drives to all their shared hosting plans – successfully producing an up-to 200% faster hosting environment! To boot they haven’t changed their pricing or package terms at all – so you still end up paying the same price, with the same unlimited storage and bandwidth, only […]
The Google Plus Rumors Are True!
The last week has been littered with rumors about the future of Google+ – and to be honest people always questioned the future of Google’s social network. It was designed to take on Facebook however it never really took off; so will it join the likes of Google’s other social network flops like Orkut, Wave […]
Facebook Page Owners Your Like Count Is Going to Change
Facebook announced last night an upcoming change to Facebook Page’s like counts as they work on removing memorialized and voluntarily deactivated accounts. Over the next few weeks don’t be alarmed if you see a decrease in the number of Page likes you have – since any of the likes that have been removed were already […]
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Released
Red Hat is probably one of the most well known and successful Linux-focused companies, and for good reason; their enterprise-class distro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), is rock solid, and more importantly, its support is truly legendary. In-fact the original server that I used for the free hosting services I offered back during the times […]
Web Designers: No-Follow Your Footer Credit Links
These days most website’s out there have a little link at the very bottom with a credit to the agency or designer who created the website. It’s a practice that has been around forever among website designers – and it’s something that has been quiet the topic of debate among the SEO community. The question […]
Upcoming gTLD Domains for March 2015
March brings about some great new domain name extensions. As usual you can register these new domain names at either Namecheap, 1&1 or GoDaddy. March 11th: .coach, .legal, .memorial, .money March 24th: .green
NYC Gets Hit With DDOS Attack
For the duration of last week and up until yesterday a series of hackers have taken down New York City government’s email system. That included basically all government agencies, including the FBI and NYPD, who were unable to send or receive email messages. Commenting on this, Lancope CTO, TK Keanini, said: “Anything connected to the […]
Figure Out What Kind Of File That Is With HexBrowser
As a webmaster there’ll be times when you download something without an explicit file extension, or with an extension you’ve never seen before, or with the wrong extension assigned to it. Now you’re left to figure out what kind of file you really have – which is where HexBrowser.NET comes in. A freeware tool that identifies […]
Google To Make Mobile Friendliness A Ranking Signal
Having a mobile friendly website has always been a good idea. You want your mobile visitors to be able to comfortably view your website and browse through your data. That said Google also wants to make sure you don’t forget about your mobile viewers – so as of April 21st Google plans to make mobile-friendliness […]
Before You Get Excited About The FCC’s Net Neutrality Decision
February 26th started off as a great day. The US Federal Communications Commission voted in favor of net neutrality. Woot! Right? FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler commented that “no one – whether government or corporate – should control free open access” to the net. Big cable companies (Comcast, for example) cannot charge users more to access a so-called […]
Google Wins Auction for .APP gTLD
Earlier this week on 25 February 2015, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN’s authorized auction service provider, kicked off an auction for a new gTLD: .APP. Twelve applicants participated in the auction for the new .APP domain name with Google Registry (Charleston Road Registry Inc) prevailing with a winning price of $25,001,000. I have attached the auction results […]
Facebook Launches Dedicated App For Advertisers
Facebook always let you manage ads in some way via their existing applications – however with two million active advertisers now Facebook has decided to go ahead and launch a brand new app dedicated to advertisers which should make it easier to manage ads on the go. Using the app, marketers can: Track ad performance Edit […]
Order Your Food from Bing
Bing has launched yet another new feature to their search results – this time making ordering your lunch online that much easier. Simply run a search for your favorite restaurant and if they support online ordering Bing will link directly to their order page.
Find The Best iPhone Apps on Pinterest!
Getting an App noticed is pretty difficult if you’re just relying on the App Store. Luckily Pinterest has not introduced app pins – so that when your browsing on your iPhone or iPad you’ll be able to download the app without ever leaving the Pinterest app.
Facebook Launches Product Advertising
Facebook today announced the launch of product advertisements allowing advertisers to showcase specific products and/or their entire product catalog. Marketers can upload their product catalog and create campaigns targeting certain products to specific audiences, or let Facebook automatically deliver the most relevant products to people. Products can be shown in single- or multi-product ad units. Facebook […]
NYC Public School Students & Teachers Get Free Access to Microsoft Office
Students in New York City’s public schools are joining the ranks of NYC’s college students who have gotten free access to Microsoft’s Office 365. During the “State of the City” address made by New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito it was announced that every student and teacher will get full access to Microsoft Office 365 for free. You’ll […]
Imgur Pro For Everyone!
When it comes to uploading and sharing photos online Imgur has been “the home to the web’s most popular image content” since roughly 2009 when Alan Schaaf founded the site. Since then Imgur has ran two monetization models: the free membership allowed you to utilize the site while viewing ads; while the premium version offered […]
Easily Get Image Aspect Ratios With Arti
With more and more of the worlds population browsing the Internet on more and more different devices responsive design and image aspect ratios have began playing a much more prominent role in the life of the average webmaster. Luckily Arti is here to help! A new listing for our free webmaster resources directory – Arti […]