Google search blocks 11 million websites to fight malware

Google has blocked all .co.cc websites from its search results because the domain has been found to be too “spammy.” The .cc top-level domain, which belongs to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and regular .cc websites are unaffected by Google’s changes, according to The Register. More Information For more information go to: http://www.techspot.com/news/44622-google-search-blocks-11-million-cocc-websites-to-fight-malware.html

Why search still trumps social

There’s a growing tendency to judge a website’s performance not just on the number of visitors it generates, but the amount of time people spend on a site. The question is what are people doing and why are they doing it? Don’t just fish where the fish are — fish where the fish are hungry. […]

107 Best Websites On The Web

Here you go, the best 107 websites for all your needs. Our friends at MakeUseOf.com have taken the effort to categorize the websites and picked only those they believe to be the best ones and which will most likely be useful to you. A lot of great information and Web resources for everyone. Spread the […]

New Web address boom could be search engine boon

The decision to open the Internet to a flood of Web addresses ending in anything from company names to social movements could prove a boon to search engines. The Internet’s global coordinator on Monday approved the creation of website addresses ending in just about any word, triggering one of the biggest ever shake-ups in how […]

Symantec: Spammers now offer fake URL shorteners

Spammers for the first time are now establishing their own fake URL-shortening services, according to a report from Symantec Corp. In the scheme, shortened links created on these fake URL-shortening sites are not included directly in spam messages. Instead, the spam emails contain shortened URLs created on legitimate URL-shortening sites. These shortened URLs lead to […]

8 Things Every Internet Advertiser Should Know

Media buyers follow the masses, who are migrating away from traditional print and TV mediums in massive numbers. More people now get their news online than in newspapers. Nielsen found one million fewer U.S. households watching prime time over last year, while the online audience has almost doubled. Then there’s Facebook, where over 550 million […]