Firefox and Opera Update Browsers
Mozilla has reacted to a browser feature that leaves customers open to URL spoofing and other scams with the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.01. The spoof exploited flaws in how the Firefox browser interprets the Unicode a character set, which can be used to create “homogenic” attacks, where two different combinations […]
Entries from February 2005
Firefox and Opera Update Browsers
February 25th, 2005 by Sushubh | 1 Comment
How Search Engines Impact Online Sales
February 25th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 2 Comments
How Search Engines Impact Online Sales
I really had to sit down and mull the facts released in a joint study by comScore Networks and DoubleClick. The ‘Understanding Online Buyer Search Actvity’ report studied 1.5 million internet users purchase decisions as related to 30 different web sites. It followed users over 12 weeks time acquiring data […]
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released - Addresses Security Concerns
February 25th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released - Addresses Security Concerns
The Mozilla Foundation yesterday released an update to its award-winning Firefox 1.0 browser. The Firefox security update is available for the 27 million users who have already downloaded the free browser.
“Regular security updates are essential for maintaining a safe browsing experience for our users,” said Chris Hofmann, […]
Passing Search Query Phrase into Document Landing Page
February 25th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | No Comments
Passing Search Query Phrase into Document Landing Page
I am sure you have seen this, where you come from a Google search and land on a page and you notice the the keywords you searched on are highlighted within the context of that page you land on. If you haven’t try this search phrase, click on […]
WebmasterWorld Conference - New Orleans June 21-24 Announced
February 25th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 3 Comments
WebmasterWorld Conference - New Orleans June 21-24 Announced
Announced just yesterday, Brett Tabke, owner of WebmasterWorld, a forum that gets lots of coverage over here, will be holding its next conference in New Orleans on that dates of June 21-24. I made a new category for this conference, I think I will be able to attend […]
iPods - They’re everywhere!
February 25th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 1 Comment
iPods - They’re everywhere!
I know, I know. You’ve been been concerned Apple isn’t as committed to the iPod as it was - say a week ago. With daily output of media articles concerning the iPod slowing down to about a 5000 per day crawl - Apple is vying for attention and recognition. Or ‘was’ vying […]
Keep Your Web Site Content Relevant
February 24th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 2 Comments
Keep Your Web Site Content Relevant
Visitors and search engines love content-rich web sites, but just having a lot of content on your web site is not enough. It all has to be relevant to a main topic with each page or section of the web site having a specific theme (And yes, this includes any […]
Search Engine Blogs - The Great List of Search News Bloggers
February 24th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 9 Comments
Search Engine Blogs - The Great List of Search News Bloggers
One aspect of keeping up an updated Search Engine News site is the constant monitoring of RSS feeds, news stories, group emails, and, of course, blogs. Tonight I was skimming over Aaron Wall’s (a frequent contributor to Search Engine Journal) blog, SEOBook.com.
Aaron recently updated his […]
WorkZoo Job Search Engine Indexing Over 40,000 Jobs
February 24th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 2 Comments
WorkZoo Job Search Engine Indexing Over 40,000 Jobs
WorkZoo.com today launched a job search engine that combines over 40,000 new jobs daily from a wide range of employment web sites across the USA. The new search engine provides users with a personalized job map showing where the jobs are in the United States that match their […]
Ask Jeeves to Cannibalize Teoma
February 24th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 1 Comment
Ask Jeeves to Cannibalize Teoma
I have had the privilege to be in communication with Jim Lanzone at Ask Jeeves on a fairly regular basis. In some of our email exchanges, he discussed how Teoma is Ask Jeeves. I couldn’t find the right word for it, so I used “cannibalize”. Cannibalize is a harsh word, but […]
