Google Reverses Adult/Porn Site Penalties (Search Engine Roundtable)
On Monday we reported that Google spanked the adult porn industry by penalizing many of the sites. There were many theories as to why those sites were penalized. It wasn't all the adult sites that were penalized but a nice percentage were. Sometime last night, Google seemed to have reversed the penalty. An updated Google Webmaster Help thread reports two of the adult webmasters saying their ...
Video Interview with Founder of Vanilla, "A WordPress for Forums" (ReadWriteWeb)
Longtime forum moderator Mark O'Sullivan 's Vanilla , an open-source, standards-compliant, fully extensible discussion forum CMS, is a favorite of many designers and webmasters alike. One reviewer said it best: "Forget how 'normal' forums are done - Vanilla strips it back to what's important: the conversations. Not the smileys, the bandwidth-hogging signatures, the mailbox, the forum categories. ...
The Collusion Of Editorial & Advertising; Plus: Cheap Ways To Buy Exposure (Search Engine Land)
Many reporters would like you to believe there is a firm wall between content and advertising, but often they merge…particularly for niche or trade related publications.
New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud (ARNnet)
A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
What If Google Profiles “Lazy” or “Selective” Outlinkers? (Search Engine Journal)
The topic of your link neighbors is well discussed. It goes without saying that: a backlink from a resource linking to only reputable sites is good; a backlink from a resource that links out very seldom and is very conservative / lazy about out-linking is good. But is it actually a separate profile for such sites (that [...] Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . What If Google ...
Click fraud Trojan cheats Google Adsense (PC Advisor)
Malware funnels searches through its own site A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007 (MI6)
James Bond 007 at MI6 Headquarters - Full coverage of Quantum of Solace (2008) the 22nd James Bond movie starring Daniel Craig as 007 (AKA Bond 22), news of the upcoming film Bond 23, plus indepth coverage of all 007 movies including Casino Royale, the new videogame from Activision, the Ian Fleming centenary, Devil May Care and Young Bond, plus the largest discussion forum.
Bing Offers Toolbox for Webmasters, Developers & Advertisers (WebProNews)
Microsoft announced the Bing Toolbox today, which is a new portal for webmasters, publishers, developers, and advertisers. Basically it is a resource for finding useful Bing-related tools. Here's the official description: The Toolbox is an organized set of tools for the entire Bing community. It's a one-stop portal to all of the services you need to drive traffic and increase engagement with ...
Click fraud Trojan scams Google (TechWorld)
Channels user searches through website. A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
StumbleUpon Can Get You Big Traffic and Lots of Links (WebProNews)
Facebook and Twitter have both been proven to be valuable sources of traffic to many sites, but another potential source that you might be overlooking is StumbleUpon . It is true that in the past, StumbleUpon has been presented as a traffic tool, but the results weren't always what webmasters and marketers had hoped for. StumbleUpon has been changing though. Last year, the company's founders ...