January 24th, 2012
As of the 12th of January 2012, companies and organizations worldwide can submit an application to get their own custom domain name extension.
Among the companies embracing the new extensions is Blacknight, an Irish web host and domain registrar.
The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or in short, ICANN, has been working for years to enable companies, groups, and even cities, to access new top-level domains (TLDs), besides the existing .com, .net, and .org.
The new domains that will be created this year and in the years to come are expected to include, for example, .nyc (for New York City), and .music (for music artists, producers, record
January 10th, 2012
When you drive a car, you pay for the vehicle itself, gas expenses, and vehicle maintenance. When you opt for a taxi ride, you pay only for the miles the driver travels to drop you off at your destination.
The difference between a vehicle drive and a taxi ride can be applied to computer hardware versus cloud computing. With computer hardware, you pay for backup capacity, upgrades, hardware equipment, as well as various other computer issues. On top of hardware, you also pay for a reliable anti-virus software program that will prevent virus onsets before they start. If a virus invades your hardware and “eats” your data, it is automatically destroyed. When you
December 28th, 2011
Everyone involved with search engine marketing understands the importance of using the right keywords to attract the search engines, but many make the same common mistakes as they misunderstand which keywords to place their focus on. But not all of the mistakes involve their choice of keywords. Looking over a short list of errors often made, you can see how you can adjust your optimization plan to achieve better results.
Mistake #1:Setting you expectations too high is the surest way to become disillusioned with the results. Too many SEO “experts” focus on one specific keyword and aim for the larger share of search results when narrowing their focus to a more
December 16th, 2011
A US judge has recently ruled that websites like Twitter, Facebook, and Google ban domains directing users to websites that sell fake Chanel goods.
According to an Ars Technica report, the US court ordered around 200 dubious websites to be removed from social media websites and internet search engines. So far, however, it seems that neither Bing nor Google actually removed those websites from their search engine results.
A day before the order, federal authorities took action against 150 domains that were linked to websites selling counterfeit goods like sports apparel and DVDs.
According to the same report, Chanel has the right to take hold of the domains
December 7th, 2011
All the trends listed here are already noticeable, and they are bound to influence the online landscape next year and in the years to come. Without further ado, here are the top web trends for 2012.
SEO and Search
Links and Page Rank slowly but will steadily lose their importance as Google relies more and more on human feedback to rank websites.
SEO and online marketing are increasingly dependent on each other, so much so that there won’t be one without the other.
Google will continue to take the best features of smaller search engines and incorporate them to improve itself. The adoption of referral blocking (DuckDuckGo) is one example.
The
November 25th, 2011
Automattic, Inc. announced that it will be launching exclusive, VIP Support for Web Hosts. This program aims to help companies that want to make the most out of their WordPress websites and blogs. Automattic offers a wide range of web services to its clients including WordPress.com, VIP hosting and support, VaultPress, Akismet, VideoPress, Polldaddy, IntenseDebate, and Gravatar.
This new system is part of the VIP hosting and support programs that are currently given to elite sites that use WordPress. Those who already use the VIP programs consist of major media outlets, sports leagues and Fortune 500 companies. WordPress hosting is the first company to participate
November 22nd, 2011
The recent release of Google Plus’ Pages has added another dynamic and effective way for businesses to get their company out to the world. The G+ Pages are quite similar to the ones offered by FaceBook, and both services have one goal in mind—help businesses expand and increase their popularity.
With the Google + Pages, customers can add businesses to the circles and in turn receive posts and promotions from the owners.
However, Google wants to give its owners a variety of ways of controlling and updating their pages. With that in mind, Google announced that will allow several third-party applications to run its service. Members of Buddy Media, Context
November 21st, 2011
Helping your company consolidate its online presence and draw new customers, organic search is invaluable. That said, when it comes to organic traffic you cannot get quick feedback nor can you test with ease landing pages, templates, or headlines. Furthermore, you need to rank first for certain terms before you get traffic on specific keywords.
In comes PPC, which can help you test organic traffic, providing your organic SEO experts with valuable data
Title Tags Testing
Title tags act as search result page headlines and tell bots what your web page is about. Organic headlines can be as long as 65 characters, while paid search headlines are just 60 characters
November 18th, 2011
Not long ago Google has released a new message alert for when a URL doesn’t show because Google regards it as duplicating a URL on another domain. Website owners will receive the alert through the Google webmaster tools.
Google announced the alert in a blog post which provided webmasters with help on how to identify duplicate content clusters. The blog post also shed light on how webmasters should choose the canonical cluster version to be displayed in the search results page.
The blog post also made it clear that Google uses algorithms to choose only one URL for the duplicate content, whenever the search engine crawler finds two or more pages with duplicate
November 14th, 2011
Organic SEO is the only way to go if you want your website to truly flourish and want to avoid any risks that bad practice SEO techniques give you. The process of finding the right key phrases plays a large role in the SEO process and in this article we’ll discuss the process further.
Choosing the Right Key Phrases
Choosing key phrases is perhaps the most important thing you’ll do for your website once it’s up and running. Knowing that most businesses continue to optimize their website for certain keywords for longer periods of time, spending lots of time and money in the process, you want to make sure that you’ve picked the right key
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