It appears that Google is planning to offer a new service which will be very similar to Groupon model. Google said it was “communicating with small businesses to enlist their support and participation in a test of a prepaid offers/ vouchers program.” The company added that the Google Offers initiative “is part of an ongoing …
Google to improve anti-spam filtering
Spamming is deferentially not cool these days. Despite Google is working hard on eliminating spam pages off the search results once in a while spammers can get break though the defense line. Matt Cutts, Google’s principal engineer says in the Google Blog “have seen a slight uptick of spam in recent months, and while we’ve already made progress, we have …
Twitter worm fakes anti-virus
A fast-moving Twitter worm is in circulation, using Google’s goo.gl redirection service to push unsuspecting users to a notorious scareware (fake anti-virus) malware campaign. At 8:45 a.m EST today, this Twitter search shows thousands of Twitter messages continuing to spread the worm. The malicious links go through a number of redirections which. The redirection chain may …
The SEO Basics
I came across a very good article for the SEO beginners written by Owen. J and highly recommend to read more of his posts. In article “The Basics of SEO” Owen outlines the basics of the SEO: Website needs visitors SEO is a tool which can bring visitors to your site Longevity will help your …
What is WordPress Trackback?
Interesting article about trackback feature in WordPress by Telly Adlam. Telli Adlam writes: “When used properly, trackbacks and pingbacks are an excellent way to build links and traffic to your blog, as well as building relationships with other bloggers.” Wikipedia defines trackback as “one of three types of linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links …
How To Spark An Emotional Connection with 140 characters
TheNextWeb.com [2011-01-14] – Twitter has challenged brands to reach out to consumers in a completely different way than how they did in the past through both traditional media and marketing campaigns. This social media platform “forced” brands to put their megaphone down and listen to their customers, changing the dynamics of their relationship. Today Twitter is on …
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South Korea says Google Street View broke law
Cnet.com [2011-01-13] – Police in South Korea reportedly say Google broke the country’s law when its Street View service captured personal data from unsecure Wi-Fi networks. The Korean Police Department will now send the case to prosecutors, who will decide whether to formally charge the search giant, says the Associated Press. Google has been accused …
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IPv6 Day is coming
In 1977 Vint Cerf, the program manager for the ARPA Internet research project, chose a 32-bit address format for an experiment in packet network interconnection. At that time nobody could have predicted that the experiment would evolve into todays Internet connecting billions of people across the globe. For the past 33 years the 32-bit address …
New look of Google Translate for Android
Google has launched a new version of the Google Translate for Android yesterday (12/01/2011). The first version of Google Translate for Android was launched in January 2010. The conversational mode, a feature that everybody have been waiting for is available in English/Spanish mode only. Read more …
iPhone May Get Unlimited Data Plan at Verizon
PCWorld [2011-01-10] – You may be able to get an unlimited data plan with your Verizon-powered iPhone later this month, according to the latest rumors. Verizon is widely expected to announce on Tuesday that Apple’s iPhone 4 is coming to its network before the end of January. The company will also unveil an unlimited data plan …
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