If you have 2 minutes with a customer, and the law required that you show a random sampling of your links to customer prospects, would you happily show the link to a target customer? These questions were included in my recent article on 10 Common...
Since the JOBS Act was signed into law in April 2012, crowdfunding campaigns and platforms have been growing like wildflowers. New rules were supposed to take effect by the end of 2012 as part of the JOBS Act (Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups...
Now actually managing a global SEO is campaign is a whole post or two in itself as you look for variance and differences across local nuisances, translation, search engine types, and global law. A common misconception about enterprise SEO is that...
On the other hand, Rite Aid bids on their own keyword of “rite aid” and those alike in addition to keywords such as “pharmacy law”. CVS and Rite Aid are common household names, whether it is for their pharmaceutical services or retail items.
No individual business or law enforcement agency can single-handedly eliminate these bad actors from the entire web. Educate: Share relevant trends with policymakers and law enforcement agencies. As StopBadware has shown, the best way to tackle...
One agency I know of probably has more than 100 attorney/law firm clients, and operates under the credo of “we only work with one law firm in each area of practice in each geographic location”. But how does the common person know?
The court delivered a definitive, common sense message – intentionally ignoring theft is not protected by the law. The U.S. Court of Appeals has resurrected Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against video-sharing service YouTube.
How does Murphy's Law apply to your business? The common semantic markup formats have been microformats, RDFa and microdata. Before giving in to the dark side, check out these SEO tips to renew your faith in the [white hat] light side of the Force!
There is no law saying what they can or cannot do with that information, it is what you agree to in the TOS (Terms of Service). One important note though, if your data is sitting on someone else's servers you usually never have to be informed of...
Stan Fornuthin and a motorcyclist named EZ Rider, (illustrates) the absurdity and lack of common sense behind the campaign to repeal Michigan's decades-old motorcycle helmet law. For example, Michigan Auto Law, which specializes in serious car...
The law has been used by service providers to claim a number of landmark decisions against spammers, including a 2009 ruling that saw Facebook claim a record $837m payout for a password-harvesting scheme.
Another advises that a blanket exclusion of hyperlinks from common publication law is insufficient and that all references (footnotes, hyperlinks, etc.cannot be treated the same. What saved his skin was that the second element of common publication...
Federal law, regardless of the task location. Once the URL rater understands the query based on task language and location, as well as its dominant interpretation (the most common users have in mind), they look at the user’s intent based on “Do...
"The law of unintended consequences is an adage or idiomatic warning that an intervention in a complex system always creates unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes. A scheme which not only failed, but as the Law of Unintended Consequences...
Usability is Polite; Accessibility is the Law Again, this sounds like common sense, but it seems a reminder is in order. Here are just a few search and social media highlights from the sessions, networking lunches, and after-hours events.
This is a biggie and I only reluctantly put it here as number three in order to hide it from the GEA (Google Law Enforcement Agency). Directories in many countries are common and hold a lot of weight.
Silicon Valley was built on the ability of individuals to use their knowledge and expertise to seek better employment opportunities, an idea recognized by both California law and public policy,” Aaron Zamost, a Google spokesman, said ina statement.
Government, primarily the federal government agencies who are charged by law with putting a huge amount of once closely held information online. The most common specialties we see searched are primary care (family practice, internal medicine), OB...
Following the DroidDream Android malware scare, Google announced that they had removed the malicious applications from the Android Market, suspended the developer accounts, and contacted law enforcement, in addition to using its remote application...
Does The Recent YouTube Case Indicate A Need For New Criminal Law? How the very useful rel="canonical" tag solves many common SEO problems that exist around duplicate content issues. Search Engine Optimization