And if you are connected to the internet via cable modem, DSL, or T1 line, then you're vulnerable 24/7. Pay-per-click search marketing may have been invented in the second Clinton administration, but it's a modern iteration of a hundred-year-old...
Nonetheless, what is particularly unnerving, is that the darker side of this phenomenon has rallied the mob around very vulnerable people too, in which opinions they have expressed online and not necessarily in their right mind (in previous...
Another way to look at it: by choosing to compete in so many categories simultaneously, Amazon is vulnerable to being out-marketed by specialty retailers and out-flanked by clever and nimble paid search practitioners.
Also, highly vulnerable. The phone merely has to be on to be vulnerable in most cases. Why would an SEO need to attend a conference about security, exploitation and hacking? What would you hope to gain from that experience other than the feeling...
If you aren't in the know about an algorithm change, you risk putting your online business in a vulnerable position. Google’s most recent Penguin update has caused a storm of controversy since it began cracking down on search engine enemy No...
Even if BerkeyShop.com was not receiving any paid links, the organic strategy was just as vulnerable to Google deeming it spam in the long term. So he reached out to Search Engine Watch for some answers.
NSA refused to confirm or deny a relationship between the two, arguing that this could make the U.S.government and its information systems potentially vulnerable to attacks. The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the National Security Agency's...
Ambiguity in the definitions of domestic vs.foreign sites and “facilitates or enables”, to the extent that even sites compliant with DMCA safe harbor provisions may still be vulnerable. Lamar Smith, its chief sponsor, vowing to bring it back for...
Google and Twitter both settled with the FTC for complaints involving social features; Google admitted to its privacy mistakes with Buzz and submitted to 20 years of audits, and Twitter acknowledged security lapses that made profiles more...
Is Google Making Businesses Vulnerable? Google is giving more trust to user reports on the address, hours, and operating name of businesses. Submitted updates will show up regardless of business verification, though business owners will receive a...
What’s even more amazing is that many businesses that are currently engaged in social media are also vulnerable to unsuspecting moments that blindside them into the new reality. In the context of online business, this happened to me in the fall of...
With the recent WordPress security vulnerabilities, hacked themes, exploits, and all sorts of madness floating around, it was only a matter of time before search engines started to pipe in and penalize “vulnerable” sites.
While a valuable way to bring the community on-board for vetting Places data, the system also proved to be vulnerable to abuse. The community reporting system for Google Places, which recently came under fire due to potential abuse, is seeing a...
After a certificate verification authority in the Netherlands was compromised, Iranian Google users became vulnerable to phishing, spying, and other cyber-attacks. This made users vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that could intercept...
While search engine marketers are frequently vulnerable to obsession with data points, such as unique visits and rankings, the success of any SEM program will ultimately be judged by bottom-line revenue.
Suggestion: Learn the HTML5 vulnerabilities and then prepare the best you can to eliminate those and the use of vulnerable tagging. Just ask a hacker about WordPress, Google Page Speed Service, Google Docs, Android, or the cloud itself and you...
This leaves those listing identities highly vulnerable to hijacking by spammers, squatters, and even competitors. Usually, listings hijackers are individuals that attempt to tamper with local business listings, repurposing those online identities...
Fans of brands that are vulnerable, either because of an inferior product, negative press coverage, a recall of some sort, whatever the vulnerability may be, present fertile ground for converts. Facebook matches advertisers to users based on users...
To be sure, all are vulnerable and where there's monetary incentives, there are people who will look to exploit the situation. Is your site at risk? How can you protect against it? There's a great discussion going on over at Webmaster World about...
By simply entering a simple script into the search form of a site that has left itself open to such an attack, you can see that the form is vulnerable to injection scripting attacks: script type="text/javascript">//
