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Getting to write the first of Beanstalk’s blog posts for 2015 I decided to take a peek through some of their recent patents. For our regular readers, you’ll know that I’m a fan of patents. Reading them can be a bit of a nightmare (though they will help you sleep) but some of the information […]
Saturday the 27th marked the end of an era. Back in September Yahoo! announced that they would be shutting down their directory. That day came over the weekend with the directory being redirected to The Yahoo! Business Pages. So what does this mean to you? Well, in our case it was a reminder to review […]
With fluctuations continuing to be reported by webmasters it’s been confirmed by Google that the Penguin 3.0 update continues to roll out. There are reports of what we’ve seen repeatedly from Google over the years in a pendulum effect wherein rankings fluctuate in one direction only to be returned to their previous or close-to-previous positions […]
The SEA is at it again hacking several sites who use the Gigya comment platform. The Independent , OK Magazine and the NHL were just a few who were hit by the notorious hacker group. Although the Gigya platform wasn’t directly hacked their DNS entry at GODaddy was. They were able to send instructions to […]
One of the most popular trends for displaying content currently is the use of both tabbed content, and expandable content boxes. Both are often used as a means of displaying large amounts of content in a user friendly manner. This beneficial user experience design trend now has one major drawback however, Google’s Jon Mueller has […]
Mozilla Enters 5-year Partnership with Search Provider Yahoo Makers of the Firefox browser have dropped Google as their default search page in favor of Yahoo. Yahoo is also stepping up its game with a new streamlined user interface, available Firefox users first then rolling out to all users early next year. Read More >> Facebook […]
Yup, that’s right Google is getting penalized. The retaliators aren’t naming their penalty after cute little mammals but instead just flipping the bird. It’s a fair game but I feel for Google. They just want the internet clean, happy cute and cuddly. I’m sure their intentions of penalizing these massive companies was a gesture of […]
I love patents. The reason for this is that even just watching the types of patents being filed and approved gives us the ability to look into a possible future. We can see the direction that a company is taking or areas they’re interested in investing in. As an Internet Marketer obviously my favorite company […]
Since the invention of the smartphone, experts have been predicting mobile usage statistics and their increasing importance, and effects on search. With the release of multiple testing tools and mobile statistics provided by Google over the past few months, if you still needed proof that a mobile version of your site is a must, well […]
