According to a story in BBC News, hackers have hijacked over 1 million computers worldwide in order to conducts Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, Spamming, Google AdSense abuse and identity theft. According to BBC News, “The huge number was revealed by security researchers who have spent months tracking more than 100 networks of remotely-controlled machines. [...]
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MSN has just announced its Search Champs v.2 program will be taking place in April 2005. In October 2004, MSN hosted the first round of Search Champs, calling upon experts from around the world (and even spammers) to help them fine-tune their new search engine technology before roll out in January 2005. In the first [...]
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Due to some recent criticisms on my part regarding the major search engines, I now feel compelled to set the record straight on where I am coming from in regards to the SE’s. Search engines are good and I’m a big fan. That’s it. Simple as that. But like any passionate fan, I can be [...]
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New search engine FactBites is chewing up the competition. FactBites is a refreshing new search engine that is different from all the rest. Do one search and the first thing you’ll notice is no advertising, just results. The second thing you’ll notice is how the results appear. Generally the results are arranged with title on [...]
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There is another interesting thread in WebmasterWorld.com that talks about how websites are being hijacked by unscrupulous webmasters and the Google Police are asleep at their desks, with “Do Not Disturb” signs on their doors. According to the thread, websites with Page Rank 5 or below are being targeted by criminal Webmasters, which tank their [...]
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Both Google and MSN each have their respected sandboxes though the difference between them is like night and day. The Google Sandbox is an unofficial name dubbed by those outside of Google for where new websites go to languish for the next 8 months until they suddenly pop up into the rankings. The MSN Sandbox [...]
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SEO Inc. has been a mainstay in the number one position in Google for the coveted search term “search engine optimization” for as long as I can remember. Now SubmitExpress has taken over that position. So, one can view this as normal search engine fluctuation or variation, and yes, this is possible. But with the [...]
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On a thread in Threadwatch.org it was pointed out by Adam C that Google may be using black hat techniques such as cloaking and keyword stuffing in order to achieve high rankings for its own pages. If this is true, then it violates Google’s own Terms of Service agreement. I wonder if this means that [...]
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According to a thread in the WebmasterWorld.com forum, GoogleGuy has stated that Google is testing and improving its software to put the kibosh on rank checkers and automated programmatic queries. This move by Google is to thwart viruses and Trojan horses on a user’s PC that are sending automated queries to Google. GoogleGuy states, “Recently, [...]
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According to a Reuters article on CNN.com, Chinese ecommerce company, Alibaba is launching a new online payment service that it is calling Alipay. Alibaba hopes that Alipay will become the default online payment method throughout China and all of Asia. In a country where cash is still king, Alibaba Chief Executive Jack Ma told Reuters [...]
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