Archive for October, 2015
SearchCap: Google Penguin, Mobile Redirects & SEO Visualized
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. The post SearchCap: Google Penguin, Mobile Redirects & SEO Visualized appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine…
The Most Important Thing SEOs Overlook: Internal Links
Most search engine optimization practitioners are familiar with the benefits of internal linking, but columnist Patrick Stox insists that we should be working a little harder to maximize their value. The post The Most Important Thing SEOs Overlook: Internal Links…
Visualizing SEO: Why Visualizing SEO Data Matters
Columnist Janet Driscoll Miller discusses the importance of data visualization and shows some of her favorite tools for the job. The post Visualizing SEO: Why Visualizing SEO Data Matters appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land…
How RankBrain Changes Entity Search
Columnist Kristine Schachinger provides a handy primer on entity search, explaining how it works and how Google is using its RankBrain machine learning system to make it better. The post How RankBrain Changes Entity Search appeared first on Search Engine…
Biometric data becomes key to encryption in Fujitsu system
Fujitsu says it has developed software that uses biometric data directly as the basis for encryption and decryption of data, simplifying and strengthening security systems that rely on biometrics such as fingerprints, retina scans, and palm vein scans. Current security…
EU vote for 'neutral' Net plan draws sharp criticism
By rejecting amendments as it passed a bill on Net neutrality, the European Parliament has all but ensured that in the European Union, the Internet will be neutral in name only, critics say. While the effects of the “European Single…
When it comes to spam, IBM's SoftLayer is the host with the most
IBM may be the fastest-growing vendor in the worldwide security software market, but it’s also the owner of the world’s largest source of spam. That’s according to a Wednesday report by security expert Brian Krebs, who called out the company’s…
Mozilla considers early cutoff for SHA-1 digital certificates
In light of recent advances in attacks against the SHA-1 cryptographic function, Mozilla is considering banning digital certificates signed with the algorithm sooner than expected. The CA/Browser Forum, a group of certificate authorities and browser makers that sets guidelines for…
Google graveyard: What Google has killed off in 2015
Six feet deep Google is truly a company that has more technology and products than it can handle sometimes, and in 2015 the company with the recent name change shed a host of tools and products to enable it to…
Phishing sites exploit trust in valid SSL certificates
Certificate authorities aren’t scrutinizing who gets their SSL certificates, and now a large number of phishing sites have legitimate certificates, said Netcraft, a United Kingdom-based Internet security and research company. SSL certificates rely on trust. Website operators deploy SSL on…