Bing has recently announced the launch of the Bing Site Move Tool which can be found under the Diagnostics & Tools section within Bing Webmaster Tools can be used to tell Bing that you have moved and permanently redirected your site, or a section of your site, to a new location. Now, before you mention it, yes 301 redirects accomplish the […]
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Deadline Coming Up for the GoDaddy .ME Scholarship
With the deadline for the GoDaddy .ME Scholarship coming up (March 30th, 2013) – I just wanted to remind everyone interested in participating to go ahead and apply for the company’s .ME scholarship. Up to ten winners will receive $10,000 scholarships each after composing 500-word essays centered around “how the Internet or Internet technology has helped them […]
Special TLD Auction at GoDaddy on .ORG Domain Names
The .ORG registry, PIR, has partnered with GoDaddy.com and ENOM to auction and sell 87 one and two-character .ORG domain names in the coming year. Go Daddy has secured 43 of those 87 domain names and offered them up for public auction. This is the first time PIR has released such rare, valuable .ORG domain […]
Adobe BrowserLab is Shut Down
Some sad news was brought to me attention early this morning as I checked my emails and noticed some mentions regarding the shutting down of Adobe’s BrowserLab. So I headed over to the Adobe blog, and lo-and-behold the top post read BrowserLab is Shutting Down. To be honest – it’s probably a smart move for Adobe. […]
Google Images Layout Gets More Updates
At the end of January Google released their first big change to the layout of Google Images providing a more streamlined process – changing their Google Images layout to now display the a preview of the image directly inline with the image you clicked on. However this morning when I went to run a search on […]
Bing Launches Bing Ads Intelligence
Having trouble building your keyword list for your website? Then try using Bing Ads Intelligence. This tool will build lists from suggested keywords, which in turn will help you develop strategies. The tool uses Bing’s extensive network data to assist you with the various tasks. To quote straight from the Bing Ads Intelligence website, the […]
4 Great Tips for Creating Free Backlinks
One of the best ways to earn some Google reputation for your website or blog is by having a good number of inbound links to your blog. As I discussed in a previous article, backlinks are vital in raising the profile of your website as up to 75% of Google’s ranking factors are attributed to […]
Namecheap Announces The Acceptance of Bitcoins
Domain name giant and hosting company Namecheap recently announced the acceptance of Bitcoins for its services. “We’re delighted to inform you that we now accept the Bitcoin payment method, in addition to PayPal, Google CheckOut, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express,” stated the company via its homepage. Namecheap is a customer-focused domain name registrar and web […]
ServInt Flex VPS Now Offers Ubuntu Linux
[frame align=”left”][/frame]Hosting provider ServInt on March 1st announced new compatibility for Linux-based operating system Ubuntu via the company’s VPS Flex line. Discussing the matter in a press release, company CTO Matt Loschert noted the OS had “grown by leaps and bounds since its introduction in 2004.” “It is now the most popular Linux distribution in the […]
Zurmo CRM Added to Softaculous Auto Installer
Softaculous Ltd., the developer of Softaculous Auto Installer that simplifies Application deployment on various hosting platforms, announced the addition of Zurmo CRM to Softaculous apps library on the 25th of February, 2013. Softaculous users can now install Zurmo CRM with just one click. “We have included Zurmo in our library as a response to growing demand for the application,” states […]
Google Explains ‘How Search Works’
Yesterday Jake Hubert, Product Manager at Google, announced the release of a brand new Google website aimed to explain exactly how Google search works – from the crawling, to indexing, to the algorithms, to the display of results. On the new site, How Search Works, you’ll find: An interactive, graphical explanation of Google Search A view […]
Google Explains Search Queries in Webmaster Tools
Google Webmaster Tools has long been a great resource to analyze the search engine traffic that Google sends over to your website; and I make it a key point to setup each of my basic SEO client’s websites with Google Webmaster Tools. However Google Webmaster Tools can get quiet confusing with all of the information […]
Webhosting.UK.com Unveils Start-Up Initiative
[frame align=”left”][/frame]Webhosting UK Com Ltd (http://webhosting.uk.com), a leading web hosting service provider in the UK since 2001, announced the launch of a new initiative that will help start-up eCommerce businesses initiate their online transactions with an established web hosting provider to gain a foothold in this competitive industry. The company has setup new servers with PCI […]
WIX Launches 2 New Website Templates
The team over at WIX is always hard at work to create stunning new templates you can utilize to build your website through their online builder. Just this morning they had contacted me to let me know about 2 new templates they have just finished working on – which can now be found within the […]
Yahoo Will Run Google Adsense Ads
Yahoo has confirmed a a global, non-exclusive agreement with Google to display ads on various Yahoo! properties and certain co-branded sites using Google’s AdSense for Content and Google’s AdMob services. Yahoo users wont actually notice much of a difference as far as how or where ads appear – the only difference will be that Google Adsense […]
Mailigen Launches 5000 Epic Free Email Marketing Account
[frame align=”left”][/frame]Until now Mailigen did not offer any type of free account, short of their free 30-day trial anyway. A few days ago however Mailigen announced the launch of the 5000 Free Epic Free Email Marketing Account – with which you are able to send and track email marketing campaigns to contact lists that are built […]
A Quick Guide to SEO Copywriting
What’s the secret to strong positions in Google, Inktomi and other spider-based search engines? Well-written, keyphrase-rich text. Successful search engine copywriting weaves keyphrases (words your prospects use in a search to find your products and services) into your Web page copy. For those used to “conventional” online copywriting, SEO copywriting goes an extra step, meshing customer […]
Microsoft Launches modern.IE; Browser Testing Becomes Easier
Lately Microsoft has really done quiet good at making it known that they are aware of the faults within Internet Explorer – and how difficult it makes development
GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad Features Sexy Make Out Scene
An attractive model making out with a geeky tech guy: That’s the concept top domain registrar GoDaddy is rolling with for one of its Super Bowl advertisements. In the spot, Go Daddy girl Danica Patrick explains there are two sides to the web host, the “sexy side” along with the “smart side.” Israeli model Bar Refaeli represents […]
SugarSync Launches New Business Plans
[frame align=”left”][/frame]The all-new SugarSync for Business plans and pricing have been recently announced, featuring unlimited storage and unlimited users/seats! Now businesses or teams of all sizes can leverage the power & flexibility of SugarSync, while scaling up as big as your business requirements do. But it’s far from just about lower prices and more storage & seats: SugarSync has listened […]