Monthly Archives: January 2012

Google Panda Slaps Advertising Top-Heavy Sites

January 22, 2012   1 Comment

Is Your Blog Top Heavy With Ads? In another move to further improve the visitor experience, Google has announced that their algorithm will now penalize sites that run too many ads “above the fold”. What does that mean? It means

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Why SOPA and PIPA Won’t Stop Real Piracy

January 19, 2012   8 Comments

Supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA (and its Senate-sister the Protect Intellectual Property Act, PIPA) legislation — like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) — argue that legislation is needed because online piracy puts jobs and industries at risk.

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6 Tips For Building a High Quality Blog Following

January 16, 2012   7 Comments

In 2010, New York City startup, Birchbox launched a blog about beauty products before it had any customers. The beauty sample delivery service – and its blog – exploded in popularity. Today, to keep up with its readers’ appetite for

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Microsoft’s “Picture Password”: A Breath Of Fresh Air On The Lock Screen, Of All Places

January 10, 2012   6 Comments

Remember that feeling you got back when Steve Jobs was unveiling the iPhone, and he did the “slide to unlock” gesture for the first time? I remember the way he said it – “You like that? Want to see it

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Google’s Latest Algorithm Changes (They Don’t Include Panda)

January 8, 2012   10 Comments

As you may know, Google has been putting out a monthly list of algorithm changes it has been making, as part of the company’s initiative to be “more transparent”. Google will never put out the entire secret sauce of its

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How to Get the Most Out of Google Analytics

January 5, 2012   7 Comments

After we published a primer for using Google Analytics, readers said they were hungry for more. Google Analytics has since revamped its design, giving it not only a cleaner look but also updated data sets. You can now find everything

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Important Tips for Successful Twitter Marketing

January 3, 2012   4 Comments

If you want to learn about Twitter marketing – specifically, on how to get Twitter marketing – then you need to pay close attention to the information in this post. This post introduce three tips to successful marketing Twitter, without

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