Archive for April, 2016
Google My Business iOS app now lets business owners manage holiday & special hours
Google has updated the iOS version of their Google My Business app to let you set holiday hours, but the app seems to have frozen for me. The post Google My Business iOS app now lets business owners manage holiday…
Keyword research: a key element of SEO & content marketing
Many business owners see SEO and content marketing as separate, but columnist Trond Lyngbø argues that solid keyword research can and should be used to inform content marketing strategy. The post Keyword research: a key element of SEO & content…
What they don’t tell you about SEO
Even today, many business owners still believe that SEO is easy: just create some high-quality, optimized content, then sit back and wait for all the traffic. But there’s more to it than than, and columnist Matthew Barby explains what you…
Google Search Console now sending PageSpeed update notifications
If you are running an outdated PageSpeed install from Google, Google will let you know via the Google Search Console notification center. The post Google Search Console now sending PageSpeed update notifications appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit…
Google warns site owners their site is not mobile-friendly in mobile search results
A month before the Google mobile-friendly algorithm boost, Google starts issuing new warnings to site owners. The post Google warns site owners their site is not mobile-friendly in mobile search results appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search…
Pandit Ravi Shankar Google doodle honors the famous Indian musician & his sitar
A huge influence on the Beatles’ George Harrison, Shankar is credited with introducing Indian music to the world. The post Pandit Ravi Shankar Google doodle honors the famous Indian musician & his sitar appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please…
FBI says hack tool only works on iPhone 5c
Only the iPhone 5c running iOS 9 can be unlocked by the tool the FBI bought to crack the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino killers. The tool does not work on the iPhone 5s or 6, so…
Massive application-layer attacks could defeat hybrid DDoS protection
Security researchers have recently observed a large application-layer distributed denial-of-service attack using a new technique that could foil DDoS defenses and be a sign of things to come for Web application operators. The attack, which targeted a Chinese lottery website…
IDG Contributor Network: Globalizing the right to be forgotten sets a dangerous precedent
On March 24, the French privacy regulator, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), fined Google 100,000 Euros and confirmed its intent to globalize the European right to be forgotten. Expanding this European privacy rule has unsettling implications for…
New Azure tool helps IT tame SaaS apps
More organizations are moving their data out of their data centers and into the cloud, which complicates IT’s efforts to keep track of applications in use. With the new Microsoft Cloud App Security within Microsoft Azure, IT and security teams can…